Hikifune Station

Railway station in Tokyo, Japan

  • TS Tobu Skytree Line
  • TS Tobu Kameido Line
HistoryOpened1902Passengers[1]24,135 daily Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Tokyo Skytree
TS02
towards Asakusa
Kegon
(limited service)
Kita-Senju
TS09
Kinu
(limited service)
Kita-Senju
TS09
Ryomo
(limited service)
Kita-Senju
TS09
towards Kuzū, Akagi or Isesaki
Skytree Liner Kita-Senju
TS09
towards Kasukabe
Tokyo Skytree
One-way operation
Urban Park Liner
From Asakusa
Kita-Senju
TS09
towards Ōmiya or Kashiwa
Oshiage
TS03
Terminus
Skytree Line
Express
Kita-Senju
TS09
Tokyo Skytree
TS02
towards Asakusa
Skytree Line
Section Express
Higashi-Mukōjima
TS05
Oshiage
TS03
Terminus
Skytree Line
Semi Express
Kita-Senju
TS09
Tokyo Skytree
TS02
towards Asakusa
Skytree Line
Section Semi Express
Local
Higashi-Mukōjima
TS05
Omurai
TS41
towards Kameido
Kameido Line Terminus

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

Lines

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

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

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

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 24,135 passengers daily.[4]

  • Platforms, with Tokyo Skytree in the distance, 2015
    Platforms, with Tokyo Skytree in the distance, 2015
  • Track diagram
    Track diagram
  • A Tobu 7800 series EMU at Hikifune Station, in the 1980s or earlier
    A Tobu 7800 series EMU at Hikifune Station, in the 1980s or earlier

References

  1. ^ Hikifune Station information (Tobu Railway) (in Japanese)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Time schedule revision
  4. ^ 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

  • Hikifune Station, Tobu Railway

Media related to Hikifune Station at Wikimedia Commons

35°43′07″N 139°49′01″E / 35.7187°N 139.8170°E / 35.7187; 139.8170