Hikifune Station

Not to be confused with Keisei Hikifune Station.

TS04 Hikifune Station 曳舟駅
West entrance, July 2015
General information
Location	2-26-6 Higashimukōjima, Sumida, Tokyo （墨田区東向島2-26-6） Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TS Tobu Skytree Line TS Tobu Kameido Line
History
Opened	1902
Passengers
[1]	24,135 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Tokyo Skytree TS02 towards Asakusa Kegon (limited service) Kita-Senju TS09 towards Tōbu–Nikkō Kinu (limited service) Kita-Senju TS09 towards Kinugawa–Onsen 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 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tokyo Skytree TS02 towards Asakusa Skytree Line Section Express Higashi-Mukōjima TS05 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Oshiage TS03 Terminus Skytree Line Semi Express Kita-Senju TS09 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tokyo Skytree TS02 towards Asakusa Skytree Line Section Semi Express Local Higashi-Mukōjima TS05 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen 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]

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

References

1. Hikifune Station information Archived 27 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Tobu Railway) (in Japanese)
2. 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

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