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History, melodies, surroundingsIkkebukuro Signal Station was established on the Yamanote Line (main line) (former Shinagawa Line section).
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山手線(本線)(旧品川線区間)に池袋信号所が開設される。
Ikebukuro Signal Box opened as Ikebukuro Station for passenger services only, and the Yamanote Line branch between Ikebukuro Station and Tabata Station was opened.
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池袋信号所が池袋駅として開業。旅客営業のみ。山手線(支線) 池袋駅 - 田端駅間が開通。
Freight handling began.
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貨物の取り扱いを開始。
It was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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鉄道国有法により国有化。
The line came under the Yamanote Line due to the designation of line names.
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線路名称制定により山手線の所属となる。
A station on the Tōjō Railway Line, now known as the Tōbu Tōjō Main Line, opened.
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東上鉄道線(現:東武東上本線)の駅が開業。
It opened as a station on the Musashino Railway Line.
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武蔵野鉄道線の駅として開業。
Facilities were improved to accompany the direct current electrification at 1,500 V.
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直流電化(1,500 V)に伴う設備整備。
Keihin Department Store's Ikebukuro branch and Kikuya Department Store opened, which would later become Musashino Department Store in 1940.
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京濱デパート池袋分店、菊屋デパート開業(1940年より武蔵野デパート)。
The station building was lost to fire due to air raids during the Pacific War.
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太平洋戦争の空襲により駅舎が焼失。
During World War II, the station building was completely burned down in an air raid, and 151 electric trains, 13 passenger cars, 123 freight cars, and 2 locomotives stored in the nearby Ministry of Transport and Communications' Ikebukuro Railway District were also completely burned.
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太平洋戦争中に空襲に遭い駅舎が全焼、近隣の運輸通信省(当時)池袋電車区内を含めて留置していた電車151両・客車13両・貨車123両・機関車2両が全焼。
Musashino Department Store was renamed and Seibu Department Store, now Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store, opened as a two-story wooden mortar structure, with expansions added by the early 1960s.
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武蔵野デパートを改称して西武百貨店(現:西武池袋本店)が木造モルタル2階建てでオープン。その後、1960年代前半までに増築を行う。
A station on the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Marunouchi Line opened, initially operating from a temporary platform located at the current site of the crossover tracks.
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営団地下鉄丸ノ内線の駅が開業。当初は現在の渡り線の位置にあった仮設ホームで営業していた。
A transfer-only overpass for the Yamanote Line, Akabane Line, and Tobu Railway was installed on the south side.
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南側に山手線・赤羽線・東武鉄道との乗換専用跨線橋を設置。
The station office part of the people's station constructed at the east exit was completed and began operation.
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東口に建設された民衆駅の駅務部分が完成し、使用開始。
The current Marunouchi Line platform opened, officially referred to as Ikebukuro-Honstation, which extended the operating distance by 0.2 km.
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現在の丸ノ内線ホームが開業(公式サイトでは「池袋本駅」と記載。これにより営業キロを0.2 km延伸。
Tobu Department Store opened above the station.
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駅上に東武百貨店が開店。
The 7th platform was extended 34m northward in conjunction with the start of the first private railway 10-car train operation.
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私鉄初の10両編成運転開始に伴い、7番ホームを北へ34m伸ばす。
Ikebukuro Shopping Park opened, renovating the former underground parking lot.
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池袋ショッピングパーク開業(従来の地下駐車場を改装)。
Limited express services began operating and freight transfer with Japanese National Railways commenced.
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特急の運行および国鉄との貨物受け渡し開始。
The Travel Center opened.
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旅行センター開業。
The underground passage opened, replacing the previous overpass.
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地下連絡通路が開通(それまでは跨線橋を使用)。
A station on the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Yurakucho Line opened, with automatic ticket gates installed, but initially operated with temporary facilities, a half-length platform from the center of the platform towards Ginza-itchome.
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営団地下鉄有楽町線の駅が開業。自動改札機が設置される。ただし、一部駅施設の完成が遅れており、当初はホーム中央部から銀座一丁目寄りまでの仮施設(半分の長さのホーム)で営業していた。
The freight transfer with Japanese National Railways at this station was abolished due to the opening of the Japanese National Railways Musashino Line connecting line between Nii-Akitsu and Tokorozawa, and the remainder of the connecting line became a siding, which is currently used as an electrified storage line.
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新秋津 - 所沢間の国鉄武蔵野線連絡線開設により当駅での国鉄との貨物受け渡しを廃止。連絡線の名残りは側線となり、現在は電留線として使用されている。
The Marunouchi Line started station air conditioning.
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丸ノ内線で駅冷房を開始。
The main platform of Yurakucho Line Ikebukuro Station was completed, with the underground first floor concourse having been completed in June of the same year.
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有楽町線池袋駅本ホームが完成。先行して、同年6月には地下1階コンコース部分が完成していた。
The station building improvement was completed.
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駅舎改良竣工。
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物取り扱いを廃止。
With the construction of new Japanese National Railways platforms, the departure tracks were changed from 5-9 to 1-5.
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国鉄のホーム新設に伴い5 - 9番線だった発車番線を1 - 5番線に変更。
One more platform was added, and at the same time, the Akabane Line trains, which had been departing from and arriving at the current 8th platform, were made to depart from and arrive at the newly added platform, and the train composition was increased to 10 cars, and the old 4th platform was temporarily abolished.
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ホームを1面増設。同時にこれまで現在の8番線から発着していた赤羽線列車を増設されたホームから発着させるとともに10両編成化した。旧4番線を一旦廃止。
The handling of small parcels for transfer with the Tōbu Railway line was abolished.
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東武鉄道線との連絡小荷物の取り扱いを廃止。
The Saikyo Line began operating.
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埼京線運転開始。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East), belonging to the Yamanote Line.
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道(JR東日本)の駅(山手線所属)となる。
One more platform was added at the station in conjunction with the partial introduction of Joetsu Line and Takasaki Line trains.
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東北線・高崎線列車の一部の当駅への乗り入れ開始に伴いホームを1面増設。
This year: the former 4th track was reopened for use as the 8th track.
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この年:旧4番線を8番線として使用再開。
Automatic ticket gates started operating at the North Exit.
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北口で自動改札機の供用開始。
Automatic ticket gates started operating at Central South Entrance.
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中央南口で自動改札機の供用開始。
Automatic ticket gates started operating at Central North Exit.
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中央北口で自動改札機の供用開始。
The limited express "Narita Express" service began operation.
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特急「成田エクスプレス」運転開始。
Renovation work was completed in conjunction with the expansion of Tobu Department Store and the opening of Metropolitan Plaza, and the retractable line on the current site of Metropolitan Plaza was abolished, while departure melodies were introduced.
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東武百貨店の増床とメトロポリタンプラザの開店に伴い改装工事が完了。同時に現在のメトロポリタンプラザの敷地にある引き上げ線を廃止。発車メロディを導入。
Automatic ticket gates started operating at Minami-guchi.
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南口で自動改札機の供用開始。
A new overpass and Metropolitan ticket gate were established prior to the opening of Metropolitan Plaza on June 10.
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メトロポリタンプラザの開店(6月10日)に先立ち、跨線橋とメトロポリタン口を新設。
The renovation work on the limited express home platform was completed.
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特急ホームの改装工事が竣工。
A station on the Toei Subway Yurakucho Line new line opened, at the time guided as Shin-sen Ikebukuro Station, with destination indicators and guideboards showing either "Shin-sen Ikebukuro (NEW LINE IKEBUKURO)" or "Ikebukuro (New Line) (IKEBUKURO(NEW LINE))", and some guideboards of Seibu Railway displayed it in English as "Shinsen-Ikebukuro".
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営団地下鉄有楽町線新線の駅が開業。当時は新線池袋駅として案内され、方向幕や案内板では「新線池袋(NEW LINE IKEBUKURO)」または「池袋(新線) (IKEBUKURO(NEW LINE))」の2種類が混在していたほか、西武鉄道の一部案内板では英字に「Shinsen-Ikebukuro」と表示されていた。
The Ikebukuro station campus student murder case occurs on the platforms for tracks 7 and 8.
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7・8番線ホームで、池袋駅構内大学生殺人事件がおこる。
Seibu Nishiguchi opened.
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西武南口が開業。
The ticket gate to Seibu Department Store on the first platform was abolished, and Seibu Minami-guchi, which had been a temporary ticket gate, opened.
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1番ホームの西武百貨店への改札口を廃止、それまで臨時改札口だった西武南口が開業。
The Teito Rapid Transit Authority was the first to implement late-night shifts for female station staff, doing so simultaneously at Korakuen Station and Yotsuya Station.
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女性駅職員の深夜勤務を営団で初めて実施(後楽園駅・四ツ谷駅と同時)。
Barrier-free construction work began.
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バリアフリー化工事開始。
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
The Shonan-Shinjuku Line began operating.
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湘南新宿ライン運転開始。
Work began to renovate the roof of the platform on the Shiina-machi side to a dome-style one like Hibiragaoka Station.
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椎名町寄りのホームの屋根をひばりヶ丘駅と同じドーム式のものへ改装する工事を開始。
With the privatization of Teito Kōsoku Tetsudō Kōdan (Eidan Subway), the station was inherited by Tokyo Metro.
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帝都高速度交通営団(営団地下鉄)民営化に伴い、当駅は東京地下鉄(東京メトロ)に継承される。
The construction to have the Saikyo Line's up line overpass the Shonan-Shinjuku Line was completed, changing the platform configuration of the Saikyo Line and Shonan-Shinjuku Line from 1-2: Shonan-Shinjuku Line, 3-4: Saikyo Line to 1-4: Saikyo Line, 2-3: Shonan-Shinjuku Line, and implementing direction-based separation.
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埼京線上り線が湘南新宿ラインをオーバーパスする工事が完成。埼京線・湘南新宿ラインホームの形態を、それまでの1・2番線:湘南新宿ラインホーム、3・4番線:埼京線ホームから、1・4番線:埼京線ホーム、2・3番線:湘南新宿ラインホームに変更。同時に方向別化される。
The effective length of platforms 1 and 2 was extended to accommodate 10-car train formations, which came into use after the March 2006 timetable revision.
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1・2番ホームの有効長を延伸し10両編成へ対応(使用は2006年3月のダイヤ改正以降)。
Platform doors began operating at Marunouchi Line stations.
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丸ノ内線の駅にてホームドア稼働開始。
The Tobu Nikko Line direct express "Spacia Nikko/Kinugawa" started operating.
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東武日光線直通特急「(スペーシア)日光・きぬがわ」が運行開始。
The IC card "PASMO" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
Full-color LED destination signs began to be used.
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フルカラーLED式発車標使用開始。
Platform doors began operating at Shinsei-Ikebukuro Station.
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新線池袋駅にてホームドア稼働開始。
The Fukutoshin Line opened, and the name of the Shin-sen Ikebukuro Station was changed to Ikebukuro Station.
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副都心線開業。これに伴い、新線池袋駅の呼称を「池袋駅」に変更。
The TJ Liner, a reserved-seat train, began operation, and at the same time, Platform 5 started being used as a platform for the TJ Liner, and the departure melody was changed.
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座席定員制列車「TJライナー」運転開始。同時に5番線をTJライナーのりばとしても使用開始。発車メロディを変更。
Echika Ikebukuro opened.
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「エチカ池袋」開業。
Esola Ikebukuro opened and Etchika Ikebukuro expanded its grand opening.
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「エソラ池袋」開業。「エチカ池袋」が拡大オープン。
Sales of the special connecting regular ticket "Daburu-to" passing through this station began.
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当駅を経由する特殊連絡定期券「だぶるーと」の販売が開始される。
The use of platform doors began on the Yurakucho Line platforms.
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有楽町線ホームにてホームドアの使用を開始。
The use of departure melodies began on the Yurakucho Line platforms.
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有楽町線ホームにて発車メロディの使用を開始。
Sales of two-section fixed tickets via this station began.
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当駅を経由する二区間定期券の販売が開始される。
Platform doors began to be used on platforms 6 and 7, the main line for the Yamanote Line.
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6・7番線(山手線の主本線)ホームでホームドアの使用を開始。
The departure melody was changed to classical music.
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発車メロディをクラシック音楽に変更。
Platform doors were installed and began operating on Platform 2.
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2番ホームにホームドア設置、稼働開始。
Platform doors were installed and began operating on all platforms except for platforms 1 and 7.
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度:1・7番ホームを除く全ホームにホームドア設置、稼働開始。
The use of platform doors began on Track 1.
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1番線でホームドアの使用を開始。
Reiwa 1
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(令和元年)
The use of platform doors began on platforms 2 and 3.
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2・3番線でホームドアの使用を開始。
The "North Entrance" and "South Entrance" were changed to "West Entrance (North/South)".
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「北口」「南口」を「西口(北・南)」に変更。
The headquarters building of Seibu Holdings and the Dia Gate Ikebukuro were completed on the railway tracks on the south side of the station.
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駅南側の線路上に西武ホールディングスの本社ビル・ダイヤゲート池袋が竣工。
The East Exit Byu Plaza Ikebukuro Visit Japan Travel Center was consolidated into the West Exit Byu Plaza and its operation was switched to Byu Travel Service.
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東口のびゅうプラザ池袋訪日旅行センターが西口のびゅうプラザに統合し、運営がびゅうトラベルサービスに切り替えられる。
The booth-type "STATION BOOTH" of the station-in-office "STATION WORK" opened within Metropolitan ticket gates.
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メトロポリタン改札内にて、駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION WORK」のブース型「STATION BOOTH」が開業。
Platform doors began to be used on platform 4.
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4番線でホームドアの使用を開始。
The response at Metropolitan ticket gates was changed to the Customer Support Call System throughout the day.
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メトロポリタン改札での対応を終日「お客様サポートコールシステム」に変更。
The Narita Express service was discontinued and the Odoriko service was changed to only operate on weekends and holidays.
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成田エクスプレスの乗り入れを終了。踊り子は土休日のみ乗り入れに変更。
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
The 1st and 2nd platform lines will be renovated with a British-style design, referencing King's Cross Station, to coincide with the opening of Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – Making of Harry Potter on the former site of Toshimaen.
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としまえん跡地に開業予定の「ワーナー ブラザース スタジオツアー東京 – メイキング・オブ・ハリーポッター」のオープンに合わせて、1・2番線ホームがキングス・クロス駅を参考に壁面をレンガ調にするなど英国風デザインにリニューアル。
Minamidori no Madoguchi's operations were terminated.
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南みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
The departure melody on the Yamanote Line platform was changed to Bic Camera's theme song, with Bic Camera, which has its main store at the east exit of the station, having proposed the idea to JR, and a commemorative ceremony was held at the Metropolitan exit, attended by Bic Camera President Akio Akibo, one-day station master Ueno Yukiko, and singer Kanako.
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山手線ホームの発車メロディを当駅東口に本店を置くビックカメラのテーマソングに変更。ビックカメラがJRに打診したことで実現。当日はメトロポリタン口で記念式典を開催し、ビックカメラの秋保徹社長をはじめ、一日駅長を務めた上野由岐子、歌唱者のKanakoが出席した。
The Marunouchi Line's regular ticket sales office ended its operations.
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丸ノ内線の定期券うりばの営業を終了。
The Ekinet Q-Chike service was started.
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えきねっとQチケのサービスを開始。
Sub-names "In front of Bic Camera" were added to the station name signs on the Yamanote Line platforms.
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山手線ホームの駅名標に「ビックカメラ前」の副駅名を追加。
Smart home doors began to be used on the platforms for tracks 5 and 8, the secondary lines for the Yamanote Line.
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5・8番線(山手線の副本線)ホームでスマートホームドアの使用を開始。
The north ticket gate introduced the "Walk-through ticket gate" using facial recognition, the first of its kind in the metropolitan area.
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北改札口に都内では初となる顔認証の「ウォークスルー改札」を導入。
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Ikebukuro Station FAQ
What train lines connect at Ikebukuro Station?
Ikebukuro Station is served by Fukutoshin Line, Marunouchi Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, TJ Tobu Tojo Line, Yamanote Line, Yūrakuchō Line.
What are the major landmarks near Ikebukuro Station?
Key landmarks accessible from this station include: Sunshine City (Skyscraper, Aquarium, Planetarium), Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo, Animate Ikebukuro Flagship, Otome Road, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Global Ring Theater.