Hikifune Station
TS04 Hikifune Station 曳舟駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 West entrance, July 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2-26-6 Higashimukōjima, Sumida, Tokyo （墨田区東向島2-26-6） Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tobu Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| [1] | 24,135 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hikifune Station (曳舟駅, Hikifune-eki) is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
Lines
[edit]Hikifune Station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line and Tōbu Kameido Line, and is located 2.4 km from the Tokyo terminus at Asakusa Station.[2] It is also where the Skytree line and trains going to Oshiage Station and the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line split.
Station layout
[edit]This station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks for the Tobu Skytree Line. For the Tobu Kameido Line, the station consists of a terminating single side platform serving one track.
Platforms
| 1 | TS Tobu Skytree Line | for Kita-Senju, Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi (from Asakusa) |
| 2 | TS Tobu Skytree Line | for Kita-Senju, Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi (from Oshiage) |
| 3 | TS Tobu Skytree Line | for Oshiage Z Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line for Ōtemachi, Nagatacho and Shibuya DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-Rinkan |
| 4 | TS Tobu Skytree Line | for Tokyo Skytree and Asakusa |
| 5 | TS Tobu Kameido Line | for Kameido |
History
[edit]The station opened on 1 April 1902.[2] All kinds of limited express have stopped at the station since 6 June 2020.[3]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 24,135 passengers daily.[4]
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Platforms, with Tokyo Skytree in the distance, 2015 -
Track diagram -
A Tobu 7800 series EMU at Hikifune Station, in the 1980s or earlier
References
[edit]- ^ Hikifune Station information Archived 27 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Tobu Railway) (in Japanese)
- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ Time schedule revision
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
External links
[edit]- Hikifune Station, Tobu Railway
Media related to Hikifune Station at Wikimedia Commons