Hikifune Station
TS04 Hikifune Station 曳舟駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 West entrance, July 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2-26-6 Higashimukōjima, Sumida, Tokyo （墨田区東向島2-26-6） Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tobu Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2024 | 14,766 daily boardings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] 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.[1] All kinds of limited express have stopped at the station since 6 June 2020.[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2024, the station was used by an average of 14,766 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
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Platforms, with Tokyo Skytree in the distance, 2015 -
Track diagram -
A Tobu 7800 series EMU at Hikifune Station, in the 1980s or earlier
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Time schedule revision
- ^ "駅情報（乗降人員）｜東武鉄道公式サイト" [Station Information (Passengers) | Tobu Railway Official Website] (PDF). www.tobu.co.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
External links
- Hikifune Station, Tobu Railway
Media related to Hikifune Station at Wikimedia Commons