Train journey · Tokyo
Ikebukuro to Akihabara by trainabout 24 min door to door
Allow about 24 minutes from Ikebukuro to Akihabara by train and subway, with 1 transfer, walking and waiting included.
Fastest route
- Time
- 24 min
- Transfers
- 1 transfer
- Frequency
- every ~4 min
- Walking
- 4 min
With no transfer
To avoid changing trains: about 25 min staying on board (Yamanote Line), 1 min longer.
Return: Akihabara to Ikebukuro
- Time
- 25 min
- Transfers
- no transfer
- Frequency
- every ~4 min
- Walking
- 2 min
In the other direction, allow about 25 min, no transfer.
The difference from the outward trip comes from waiting times and transfers, which are not the same in each direction.
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