# Nippori Station

Nippori Station (日暮里駅, Nippori-eki) is a major interchange railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is adjacent to the Yanaka neighborhood of Taito district.

## Lines

* East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
** Joban Line (Rapid)
** Keihin–Tōhoku Line
** Yamanote Line
* Keisei Electric Railway
** Keisei Main Line
* Toei
** Nippori-Toneri Liner
The station is an intersection of JR and Keisei systems. Although Keisei Ueno Station, the terminal of Keisei, is also located adjacent to JR East's Ueno Station, Nippori Station provides easier transfer.

## Platforms
### Keisei platforms

A new elevated platform serving outbound Keisei trains opened to traffic on October 3, 2009. The new elevated line has two side platforms serving a single track. One platform serves as a boarding platform for Skyliner, Cityliner, and Eveningliner limited express services, while the other as a boarding platform for regular commuter trains. Ueno-bound trains continue to discharge on the original platform on the lower level.
| 0 | KS Keisei Main Line | for Keisei Ueno |
| 1 | KS Keisei Main Line | for Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) via KS Narita Sky Access Line (Skyliner limited express trains) |
| 1 | KS Keisei Main Line | for Keisei Funabashi, Keisei Narita and Narita Airport via KS Keisei Main Line (Eveningliner limited express trains) |
| 2 | KS Keisei Main Line | for Aoto, Shin-Kamagaya and Narita Airport via KS Narita Sky Access Line (Access Express trains) |
| 2 | KS Keisei Main Line | for Aoto, Keisei Funabashi, Keisei Narita and Narita Airport via KS Keisei Main Line (Local, Rapid, Commuter Express and Limited Express trains) |

### JR platforms

There are no platforms for tracks 5 to 8, which are for non-stop Takasaki Line and Utsunomiya Line trains.
| 3 | JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) | for Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| 4 | JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) | for Kita-Senju, Toride, Tsuchiura and Narita |
| 9 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa and Yokohama |
| 10 | JY Yamanote Line (clockwise) | for Ueno and Tokyo |
| 11 | JY Yamanote Line (anti-clockwise) | for Ikebukuro and Shinjuku |
| 12 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Tabata, Akabane and Ōmiya |

### Nippori-Toneri platforms

The Nippori-Toneri Liner station is elevated and consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

## History

The JR station first opened on 1 April 1905. The Keisei station opened on 19 December 1931.
A new elevated platform for Keisei services opened on 3 October 2009. Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 June 2010 with Nippori being assigned station number KS02.
Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Nippori being assigned station numbers JY07 for the Yamanote line, JK32 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line, and JJ02 for the Joban Line rapid service. At the same time, JR East assigned a three-letter code to their major interchange station; Nippori was assigned the three-letter code "NPR". Station numbering was expanded to the Nippori-Toneri Liner platforms in November 2017 with the station receiving station number NT02.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 102,817 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 37th-busiest station operated by JR East. In fiscal 2013, the Keisei station was used by an average of 96,428 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the third-busiest station operated by Keisei. Over the same fiscal year, the Toei station was used by an average of 20,421 per day (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner. The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for the JR East station in previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
| 2000 | 77,469 |
| 2005 | 78,921 |
| 2010 | 96,633 |
| 2011 | 96,747 |
| 2012 | 99,875 |
| 2013 | 102,817 |

## Surrounding area

* Yanaka Cemetery
* Yanaka-Ginza Shopping District
* Yūyake-dandan Stairs
* Fujimizaka Hill
* Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East

## Connecting bus services

Toei Bus operates local bus services from the following Nippori Station bus stops.
| Stop No. | Japanese | Reading | For |
| 1 | 里22 | Sato 22 | Kameido Station |
| 2 | 都08 | To 08 | Kinshichō Station |
| 3 | 里48 | Sato 48 | Minumadai-shinsuikoen Station |
| 3 | 里48-2 | Sato 48-2 | Kaga Danchi |