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Hikifune Station

Coordinates: 35°43′07″N 139°49′01″E / 35.7187°N 139.8170°E / 35.7187; 139.8170
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TS04
Hikifune Station

曳舟駅
West entrance, July 2015
General information
Location2-26-6 Higashimukōjima, Sumida, Tokyo
(墨田区東向島2-26-6)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s)
History
Opened1902
Passengers
[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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ Hikifune Station information Archived 27 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (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.
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35°43′07″N 139°49′01″E / 35.7187°N 139.8170°E / 35.7187; 139.8170