Takashimadaira Station
I25 · Mita Line · Itabashi
Takashimadaira Station (高島平)
The station opened on 27 December 1968 with the first stretch of Toei Line 6, and it opened under what the neighbors thought was the wrong name: Shimura. The address was then Yotsubacho and the ground belonged to the old Akatsuka district, so residents complained that the station was not in Shimura at all. On 1 August 1969 it was renamed Takashimadaira, following the new place name given to the area that March.
I25 is elevated, with two island platforms and four tracks, and the approach to the Shimura depot leaves the running lines beside it. Only the inner pair was used at first; the outer faces had no rails, because the Mita Line was expected to run through onto the Tobu Tojo Line and those platforms were being held for Tobu trains. Tobu withdrew, the metropolitan government built the section on to Nishi-takashimadaira itself, and when that opened on 6 May 1976 the outer tracks were finally laid, the platforms lengthened from 160 m to 170 m for eight-car trains and two reversing sidings added beyond the inner pair. In 2024 the station was used by 27,789 people on an average day.
Finding Takashimadaira on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Takashimadaira
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Takashimadaira
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| IMita | 19 trains/hour (about one every 3.2 min) | 11 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Takashimadaira
Scheduled running time between Takashimadaira and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| IMita | I24Nishidai | 1 min |
| IMita | I26Shin-takashimadaira | 1 min |
Transfers and connections
Only the Mita Line stops here, and no other railway serves this station, so there is nothing to transfer to inside the station.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMita | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 |
- Mita Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 2 elevator(s) on this line. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Toei: every station has elevators and a street-gate-platform “1-route” is secured.
What is near Takashimadaira Station?
Takashimadaira stands in the middle of the housing estate it is named after, a landscape of long apartment blocks built on either side of the viaduct. Itabashi City Takashimadaira Library is about 260 m from the exits and Takashimadaira Ward Hall about 290 m, with the ward office, the police station and the main post office all within a few hundred metres. Tokumarugahara Park is about 320 m away. Shin-takashimadaira, the next station, is close enough to see from the end of the platform.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Tokumarugahara Park 徳丸ヶ原公園 | 320 m | about 5 min |
| 高島平九丁目公園 | 340 m | about 6 min |
| 高島平緑地 | 390 m | about 6 min |
| NISSAN Prince Tokyo 日産プリンス東京 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| Itabashi City Takashimadaira Library 高島平図書館 | 260 m | about 4 min |
| 高島平区民館 | 290 m | about 5 min |
| 板橋区民事務所 | 300 m | about 5 min |
| 高島平警察署 | 350 m | about 6 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Frequently asked questions
The line’s planners used the name of the wider area, but the station sits in what had been the Akatsuka district, and local people objected that it was not Shimura. The argument was settled by the address reform of 1 March 1969, which created the name Takashimadaira; the station took it on 1 August that year.
Because two of them were meant for another company. When the line was built, Mita Line trains were expected to continue onto the Tobu Tojo Line, and the outer faces were reserved for those services; they were left without rails when Tobu pulled out. They were brought into use in 1976 for trains to and from Nishi-takashimadaira, while the inner pair now handles trains turning back or going to the depot.