Chikatetsu-akatsuka Station
Y03 F03 · Yurakucho Line and Fukutoshin Line · Nerima
Chikatetsu-akatsuka Station (地下鉄赤塚)
The prefix is the whole story: chikatetsu means subway, and it was added to tell this station apart from Tobu’s Shimo-Akatsuka on the Tojo Line, roughly a hundred metres away and not signposted as a transfer. It opened on 24 June 1983 as Eidan-Akatsuka, when the Yurakucho Line was extended from what is now Chikatetsu-narimasu to Ikebukuro, and took its present name on 1 April 2004 when the Teito Rapid Transit Authority became Tokyo Metro. On IC card history printouts it is shortened again, to Chika-Akatsuka.
The single island platform runs directly beneath the Kawagoe-kaido highway and was built up to ten metres wide, in anticipation of the crowds expected from the housing scheme on the old Grant Heights site at Hikarigaoka. Waist-height platform edge doors were fitted in September 2010 and departure melodies followed in February 2011. Since 14 June 2008 the Fukutoshin Line has used the same tracks and the same platform, so a train at F03 and a train at Y03 are two services on one piece of railway, bound for different places after Kotake-mukaihara.
Finding Chikatetsu-akatsuka 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 Chikatetsu-akatsuka
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 Chikatetsu-akatsuka
| Line and direction | Weekdays first – last | Saturdays, Sundays & holidays first – last |
|---|---|---|
| YYurakuchoY03 towards Shin-kiba | 05:05 – 23:52 to Ikebukuro | 05:05 – 23:52 to Ikebukuro |
| YYurakuchoY03 towards Wakoshi | 05:25 – 00:27 | 05:25 – 00:27 |
| FFukutoshinF03 towards Shibuya | 05:10 – 00:00 | 05:10 – 00:00 |
| FFukutoshinF03 towards Wakoshi | 05:35 – 00:24 | 05:36 – 00:24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| YYurakucho | 12 trains/hour (about one every 5 min) | 10 trains/hour |
| FFukutoshin | 10 trains/hour (about one every 6 min) | 7 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Next stations from Chikatetsu-akatsuka
Scheduled running time between Chikatetsu-akatsuka and the stations either side of it.
| Line | Next station | Running time |
|---|---|---|
| YYurakucho | Y02Chikatetsu-narimasu | 2 min |
| YYurakucho | Y04Heiwadai | 3 min |
| FFukutoshin | F02Chikatetsu-narimasu | 2 min |
| FFukutoshin | F04Heiwadai | 3 min |
Transfers and connections
- Subway: transfer between Yurakucho Line and Fukutoshin Line.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYurakucho | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
| FFukutoshin | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 |
- Yurakucho Line: Step-free elevator route street-gate-platform (official “1-route by elevator”). Street elevator at exit(s): 2, 3. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Tokyo Metro: the “1-route” (step-free street-gate-platform path by elevator, slope, stair lift or wheelchair escalator) is complete at all 180 stations; a separate list shows stations with an elevator-only 1-route.
What is near Chikatetsu-akatsuka Station?
Nerima and Itabashi meet at this station – the office is in Nerima, the northernmost point of the ward, while part of the structure lies in Itabashi – and the Kawagoe-kaido runs overhead. Tobu’s Shimo-Akatsuka station is about a hundred metres away for anyone changing to the Tojo Line on foot. Jorenji Temple, with its great bronze Buddha, and Hikarigaoka Park are the two places people most often head for from here; the immediate streets are small parks and local shops rather than destinations.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| 成田山不動大教会 | 250 m | about 4 min |
| 練馬区立たがら公園 | 100 m | about 2 min |
| 梶山児童遊園 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| 板橋区立赤塚新町三丁目児童遊園 | 250 m | about 4 min |
| 板橋区立赤塚一丁目そよかぜ公園 | 370 m | about 6 min |
| 練馬区立さくらの小径緑地 | 370 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.