Higashi-Mukōjima Station

Higashi-Mukōjima Station
東向島駅
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
City Sumida
Neighborhood etc. 4-29-7 Higashi-Mukōjima
(in Japanese) 墨田区東向島4-29-7
History
Year opened 1902
Former name Tamanoi Station
Present name since 1988
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tōbu Isesaki Line
Statistics 16,867 passengers/day [1]

Higashi-Mukōjima Station (東向島駅 Higashi-Mukōjima eki?) is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]

Contents

Lines

The station is served by the Tōbu Isesaki Line from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Isesaki in Gunma Prefecture. It is located 3.2 km from Asakusa Station.[2]

Station layout

Higashi-Mukōjima Station has two platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 ■Tōbu Isesaki Line for Kita-Senju, Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi
2 ■Tōbu Isesaki Line for Hikifune and Asakusa

History

The station first opened on 1 April 1902 as Shirahige Station (白鬚駅?), but operations were suspended from 15 July 1905, and the station was formally closed from 4 April 1908. It reopened as Tamanoi Station (玉ノ井駅?) on 1 October 1923 following urban regrowth after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. On 12 December 1987, the station was renamed Higashi-Mukōjima Station.[2]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ a b Higashi-Mukōjima Station information Retrieved on 12 March 2009 (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. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Higashi-mukojima_Station Higashi-Mukōjima Station] at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Tōbu Isesaki Line