Hikifune Station

Not to be confused with Keisei-Hikifune Station.
Hikifune Station
曳舟駅
Station entrance, January 2008
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward Sumida
Neighborhood etc. 2-26-6 Higashimukōjima
(in Japanese)墨田区東向島2-26-6
History
Year opened 1902
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Skytree Line
Tobu Kameido Line
Statistics 24,135 passengers/day [1]

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

Track diagram
1/2 Tobu Skytree Line for Kita-Senju, Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi
3/4 Tobu Skytree Line for Asakusa and Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line to Oshiage, Shibuya, and Chūō-Rinkan
5 Tobu Kameido Line for Kameido

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tobu Skytree Line (TS-04)
Limited Express Spacia: no stop
Limited Express Ryōmō: no stop
Limited Express Kirifuri: no stop
Limited Express Shimotsuke: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Section Rapid: no stop
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)   Local   Higashi-Mukōjima (TS-05)
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)   Section Semi-Express   Higashi-Mukōjima (TS-05)
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)   Section Express   Higashi-Mukōjima (TS-05)
Oshiage (TS-03)   Semi-Express   Kita-Senju (TS-09)
Oshiage (TS-03)   Express   Kita-Senju (TS-09)
Tobu Kameido Line (TS-04)
Omurai (TS-41) - Terminus

History

A Tobu 7800 series EMU at Hikifune Station

The station opened on 1 April 1902.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 24,135 passengers daily.[3]

References

  1. Hikifune Station information (Tobu Railway) (Japanese)
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

External links

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