Kita-Senju Station

Kita-Senju Station (北千住駅, Kitasenju-eki) (lit. "North Senju station") is a major interchange railway station in the Senju district of Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. Kita-Senju is the third-busiest station on the Tokyo Metro network, after Ikebukuro and Otemachi. It is the tenth-busiest JR East station.[1]

JJ05 TS09 H22 C18
Kita-Senju Station

北千住駅
The west side of Kita-Senju Station in August 2017
General information
LocationAdachi, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station codeH-22, C-18, 05, TS-09
History
OpenedDecember 25, 1896 (JR East)
August 27, 1899 (Tobu Railway)
December 20, 1969 (Tokyo Metro)
August 24, 2005 (Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company)
Passengers
JR East, FY2013203,428 daily
Services
Preceding stationLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR EastFollowing station
Nippori
NPRJJ02
towards Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Special Rapid
Matsudo
JJ06
towards Tsuchiura
Minami-Senju
JJ04
towards Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Rapid
Matsudo
JJ06
towards Toride
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Matsudo
JJ06
towards Sendai
Other services
TS H C
Preceding station Tobu RailwayFollowing station
Tokyo Skytree
TS02
towards Asakusa
Spacia XKasukabe
TS27
Hikifune
TS04
towards Asakusa
KegonKasukabe
TS27
KinuKasukabe
TS27
Tokyo Skytree
TS02
towards Asakusa
AizuKasukabe
TS27
towards Aizu-Tajima
Hikifune
TS04
towards Asakusa
RyomoTōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
TS30
towards Kuzū, Akagi or Isesaki
Skytree LinerKasukabe
TS27
Terminus
Hikifune
One-way operation
Urban Park Liner
From Asakusa
Sengendai
TS24
towards Ōmiya or Kashiwa
Hikifune
TS04
towards Oshiage
Skytree Line
Express
Nishiarai
TS13
Ushida
TS08
towards Asakusa
Skytree Line
Section Express
Hikifune
TS04
towards Oshiage
Skytree Line
Semi Express
Ushida
TS08
towards Asakusa
Skytree Line
Section Semi Express
Skytree Line
Local
Kosuge
TS10
through to Hibiya Line
Preceding station Tsukuba ExpressFollowing station
Minami-Senju
(TX04)
towards Akihabara
Tsukuba Express
Rapid
Yashio
(TX08)
towards Tsukuba
Tsukuba Express
Commuter-Rapid
Rokuchō
(TX07)
towards Tsukuba
Tsukuba Express
Semi-Rapid
Yashio
(TX08)
towards Tsukuba
Tsukuba Express
Local
Aoi
(TX06)
towards Tsukuba
Preceding stationThe logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo MetroFollowing station
Minami-senju
H21
towards Naka-meguro
Hibiya Linethrough to Skytree Line
Ōtemachi
C11
RomancecarTerminus
Machiya
C17
Chiyoda LineAyase
C19
towards Kita-Ayase
Location
Kita-Senju Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Kita-Senju Station
Kita-Senju Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Kita-Senju Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Kita-Senju Station
Kita-Senju Station
Kita-Senju Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Kita-Senju Station is located in Tokyo
Kita-Senju Station
Kita-Senju Station
Kita-Senju Station (Tokyo)
Kita-Senju Station is located in Japan
Kita-Senju Station
Kita-Senju Station
Kita-Senju Station (Japan)

Lines

Kita-Senju Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout

JR East

JR East platforms are on ground level.

1-2JJ Joban Line (Rapid)for Matsudo, Toride, Tsuchiura, Ishioka, and Mito
Narita Line for Narita
2-3JJ Joban Line (Rapid)for Nippori, Ueno
JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

The Chiyoda Line platforms are underground.

1C Chiyoda Linefor Nishi-nippori, Otemachi, and Yoyogi-uehara
Odakyu Odawara Line for Hon-Atsugi and Isehara
Romancecar for Hakone-Yumoto and Katase-Enoshima
2C Chiyoda Linefor Ayase, Kita-ayase
JL Jōban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Abiko and Toride

Tobu Skytree Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

Platforms 1 to 4 are located on ground level (the first floor), and platforms 5 to 7 are elevated (the third floor).

1, 2TS Tobu Skytree LineLimited Express services for Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa-Onsen, Akagi, Kuzū, Ashikagashi, Ōmiya, Ōta, Isesaki, and Tōbu Utsunomiya
Other services for Shin-Koshigaya, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, Tatebayashi and Minami-Kurihashi
3, 4TS Tobu Skytree Linefor Oshiage and Asakusa
Z Hanzōmon Line for Ōtemachi, Shibuya
DT Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-Rinkan
5TS Tobu Skytree Line (Through trains from Hibiya Line)for Takenotsuka, Kita-Koshigaya, Kita-Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, and Minami-Kurihashi
6, 7H Hibiya Linefor Ueno, Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

The Tsukuba Express platforms are elevated.

1  Tsukuba Expressfor Minami-Nagareyama, Moriya, and Tsukuba
2  Tsukuba Expressfor Akihabara

History

Funeral mourners in front of Kita-Senju Station in 1932

The JR East station opened on 25 December 1896.[2] The Tobu station opened three years later on August 27, with through services with the Hibiya Line commencing in 1962. The Tokyo Metro platforms opened as the initial northern terminus of the Chiyoda line in 1969. The Tsukuba Express station opened on August 24, 2005.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kita-Senju Station becoming "TS-09".[3]

The station facilities of the Hibiya and Chiyoda Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 203,428 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the tenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[1] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda station was used by an average of 283,962 passengers per day and the Tokyo Metro Hibiya station was used by an average of 291,466 passengers per day. Note that the latter statistics consider passengers who travel through Kita-Senju station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station. The Chiyoda Line station is the third-busiest on the Tokyo Metro network which does not offer through services onto other lines.[5] The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
2000183,611[6]
2005177,104[7]
2010195,260[8]
2011194,136[9]
2012198,624[10]
2013203,428[1]

See also

References

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