和光市

Wakoshi Station

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1934 2月1日

It opened as Niikura Station.

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にいくら駅として開業。

1934 7月12日

The station name was changed to Niikura Station.

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駅名を新倉駅に変更。

1951 10月1日

The station was renamed Yamato-machi Station.

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大和町駅（やまとまちえき）に改称。

1961 10月

The effective length of the platform was extended.

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ホーム有効長を延長。

1970 12月20日

The station was renamed Kawaguchi City Station.

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和光市駅に改称。

1987 8月25日

The Teito Rapid Transit Authority Yurakucho Line opened between this station and Eidan Narimasu, and with the simultaneous timetable revision, mutual direct through operation with the Yurakucho Line began, and the station also became a stop for express trains on the JR East Tokyu Main Line's competitor, the eastern private railway's main line, the Tokyu Main Line's competitor, the eastern private railway, the Tokyu competitor, the eastern private railway, the eastern private railway, the eastern private railway, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line, the eastern private railway's main line

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帝都高速度交通営団（営団地下鉄/現・東京メトロ）有楽町線当駅 - 営団成増（当時）間開業。同時に行われたダイヤ改正で有楽町線との相互直通運転を開始すると同時に東上本線の急行停車駅となる。

2004 4月1日

With the privatization of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, the subway stations were inherited by Tokyo Metro.

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営団地下鉄の民営化に伴い、地下鉄の駅は東京地下鉄（東京メトロ）に継承される。

2005 3月17日

With the timetable revision, it became a limited express stop, resulting in all types of trains on the Tokyu Toyoko Line stopping at the station.

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ダイヤ改正に伴い、特急停車駅となる。これにより、東上本線の全種別が当駅に停車することになる。

2007 4月5日

The use of departure melodies began on the Tōjō Line platforms.

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東上線ホームで発車メロディの使用を開始。

2008

Tokyo Metro: the first limited express types for trains departing from and arriving at this station were established as semi-express on the Yurakucho Line and express and commuter express on the Fukutoshin Line.

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東京メトロ：当駅発着列車初の優等種別として、有楽町線に準急・副都心線に急行および通勤急行が設定される。

2008 6月8日

The Tōjō Main Line: limited express services were abolished and the station became a stop for the newly established rapid express services, although the newly established TJ Liner, which was also established with this revision, passes through the station, so it is no longer a station where all types of trains stop.

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東上本線：特急は廃止となり、新設の快速急行の停車駅となる。なお、この改正により新設された「TJライナー」は当駅を通過するため、全種別停車駅ではなくなる。

2008 6月14日

The Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line opened, and a simultaneous timetable revision introduced mutual direct through operation with the JR East Tokyu Main Line and the Tobu Tojo Line via the Tokyu and Seibu lines, but specifically with the Tokyu Toyoko Line and the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, and the Tobu Tojo Line.

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東京メトロ副都心線開業。同時に行われたダイヤ改正で東上本線との相互直通運転を開始。

2010 3月6日

The Tokyo Metro timetable revision resulted in the abolition of the Yurakucho Line semi-express.

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東京メトロのダイヤ改正により、有楽町線準急が廃止。

2012 7月7日

Platform doors began operating on platforms 2 and 3 for the Yurakucho Line and Fukutoshin Line.

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2・3番線（有楽町線・副都心線）でホームドアの使用を開始。

2013 3月16日

With the Tobu timetable revision, rapid services are introduced and the station becomes a stop.

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東武のダイヤ改正により快速が新設、停車駅となる。

2016 3月26日

Platform doors began operating on platforms 1 and 4, and with the same day's schedule revision, trains running directly between the Fukutoshin Line and the Tokyu Toyoko Line that become express trains on the Tokyu Toyoko Line were given the nickname "F Liner" for express trains on the subway lines and limited express trains on the Tokyu Toyoko Line.

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1・4番線でホームドアの使用を開始。同日のダイヤ改正より副都心線⇔東上本線直通列車において東上本線内急行となる列車が設定され、地下鉄線内急行・東横線内特急となる列車に「Fライナー」の愛称が設定される。

2019 12月12日

In 2019, the ticket gate area of the station building commercial facility EQUiA PREMIE Wakō opened.

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（令和元年）：駅ナカ商業施設「EQUiA PREMIE（エキア プレミエ）和光」の改札内エリアが開業。

2020 3月26日

The station building area of the in-station commercial facility "EQUiA PREMIE Wakō" opened.

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駅ナカ商業施設「EQUiA PREMIE（エキア プレミエ）和光」の駅ビルエリアが開業。

2023

The Tōjō Main Line saw the abolition of rapid services due to a timetable revision.

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東上本線：ダイヤ改正により、快速が廃止。

2023

Tokyo Metro: the target of the "F Liner" was changed to the rapid express within the Tokyu Main Line due to a timetable revision.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

東京メトロ：ダイヤ改正により、「Fライナー」の対象が東上本線内快速急行に変更される。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Departure Melodies
By line
Fukutoshin Line
A-line
Bell
B-line
Tobu Railway generic melody
Yūrakuchō Line
A-line
Bell
B-line
Tobu Railway generic melody
Landmarks
Residential Area
Accessibility
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Getting around

Platforms, transfers and navigation
Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (FUKUTOSHIN LINE)
3
渋谷
↕ Platform 3 serves this line

Transfers from this platform

→
TJ Tobu Tojo Line Tobu
2 min Easy
→
Yūrakuchō Line Tokyo Metro
2 min Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TJ TOBU TOJO LINE)
1・2 Down
川越
4 Up
池袋
↕ Platforms 1, 2, 4 serve this line

Transfers from this platform

→
Fukutoshin Line Tokyo Metro
2 min Easy
→
Yūrakuchō Line Tokyo Metro
2 min Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (YŪRAKUCHŌ LINE)
3
新木場
↕ Platform 3 serves this line

Transfers from this platform

→
Fukutoshin Line Tokyo Metro
2 min Easy
→
TJ Tobu Tojo Line Tobu
2 min Easy

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What train lines connect at Wakoshi Station?

Wakoshi Station is served by Fukutoshin Line, TJ Tobu Tojo Line, Yūrakuchō Line.