History
Shiki Station opened on 1 May 1914 with the inauguration of the Tojo Railway from Ikebukuro to Tamenosawa, in what was then the town of Shiki. The line was absorbed by Tobu Railway in 1920 and electrified between Ikebukuro and Kawagoe in 1929. A south entrance was added in April 1960 to serve Rikkyo High School, which had moved to neighbouring Niiza, and on 1 March 1970 the station was rebuilt closer to Ikebukuro — crossing the boundary into Niiza itself. Quadruple-tracking from Wako-shi was finished in August 1987, opening through service with the Eidan Yurakucho Line. Through-running to Shibuya via the Fukutoshin Line began on 14 June 2008.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Among Tobu stations with no transfer to other operators, Shiki posts the highest ridership of all — about 95,860 boarding-and-alighting passengers per day in 2024.