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Shiki Station 志木駅
Platforms of Shiki Station
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Niiza
Neighborhood etc.	2-38-1 Tōhoku
(in Japanese)	新座市東北2-38-1
History
Year opened	1914
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tōbu Railway
Line(s)	Tōjō Line
Statistics	97,708 [1] passengers/day
There is a medium bus rotary at this station

Shiki Station (志木駅, Shiki-eki ^?) is a railway station in Niiza, Saitama, Japan operated by the Tobu Railway.

Lines

It has two island platforms (four tracks) on the Tōbu Tōjō Line for services to Yorii, Saitama and Ikebukuro, Shin-Kiba via the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, and Shibuya Station via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. All services except TJ Liner services stop at this station. During the daytime, local services (four trains per hour) from Ikebukuro terminate here.^[2]

Despite its name, the station building is not in Shiki. The city of Shiki has only one station, Yanasegawa Station, which is the next stop after Shiki Station on the Tōjō Line.

History

The station opened opened on 1 May 1914 coinciding with the opening of the Tōjō Railway line from Ikebukuro.^[3]

Bus services

From 17 July 2008, there is a direct express bus service to/from Narita Airport (via Asakadai Station). The bus stop is on the south side of the station.^[4]　

Adjacent stations

East Exit

Aerial view of the station and surrounding area in 1974

References

External links

• Shiki Station information (Japanese)
• Shiki city history, including photograph of the station in 1914 (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°49′20″N 139°34′31″E / 35.822346°N 139.575237°E / 35.822346; 139.575237