page_title: Wakōshi Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Wakōshi Station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Niikura Station (present-day Wakoshi Station) on the Tojo Railway Line (present-day Tobu Tojo Line)日本語: 新倉駅の駅舎
context_page_description: Wakōshi Station is a railway station in Wakō, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway and Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is the only Tokyo Metro station located in Saitama Prefecture. It is the westernmost station in the Tokyo subway network, and the northernmost Tokyo Metro station.
context_section_description: The station opened on February 1, 1934, as Niikura Station (にいくら駅) on the Tōjō Railway Line. Though originally written in hiragana, the station name was written in kanji (新倉駅) from July 21, 1934 onwards. On October 1, 1951, the station was renamed Yamato-machi Station (大和町駅). On December 20, 1970, it was renamed Wakōshi Station.
  Fukutoshin Line services started on June 14, 2008.
  From March 17, 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Wakōshi Station becoming "TJ-11".
  Chest-height platform edge doors were added to platforms 2 and 3 in April 2012, with operation commencing in July 2012.
  Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.
caption: Niikura Station circa 1942
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