Hikifune Station (曳舟駅, Hikifune-eki) is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
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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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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 (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