Kita-Senju Station

Kita-Senju Station (北千住駅, Kitasenju-eki) is a railway station in 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
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 station JR East Following station
Nippori
NPRJJ02
toward Shinagawa
Jōban Line
  Special Rapid
Matsudo
JJ06
toward Tsuchiura
Minami-Senju
JJ04
toward Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Matsudo
JJ06
toward Sendai
Jōban Line
Rapid
Matsudo
JJ06
toward Toride
Other services
TS H C
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Tokyo Skytree
TS02
toward Asakusa
Spacia Kasukabe
TS27
Revaty Kasukabe
TS27
Ryomo Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
TS30
toward Isesaki, Kuzū or Akagi
Kirifuri Kasukabe
TS27
Skytree Liner Kasukabe
One-way operation
Tokyo Skytree
One-way operation
Urban Park Liner
From Asakusa
Sengendai
TS24
toward Ōmiya or Kashiwa
Hikifune
TS04
toward Oshiage
Skytree Line
Express
Nishiarai
TS13
Ushida
TS08
toward Asakusa
Skytree Line
Section Express
Hikifune
TS04
toward Oshiage
Skytree Line
Semi Express
Ushida
TS08
toward Asakusa
Skytree Line
Section Semi Express
Ushida
TS08
toward Asakusa
Skytree Line
Local
Kosuge
TS10
through to Hibiya Line
Preceding station Met. Intercity Railway Following station
Minami-Senju
(04)
toward Akihabara
Tsukuba Express
Rapid
Minami-Nagareyama
(10)
toward Tsukuba
Tsukuba Express
Commuter-Rapid
Rokuchō
(07)
toward Tsukuba
Tsukuba Express
Semi-Rapid
Yashio
(08)
toward Tsukuba
Tsukuba Express
Local
Aoi
(06)
toward Tsukuba
Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station
Minami-senju
H21
Hibiya Line through to Skytree Line
Ōtemachi
C11
Romancecar Terminus
Machiya
C17
Chiyoda Line Ayase
C19
toward Kita-Ayase
Location
Kita-Senju Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
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.

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

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

The Chiyoda Line platforms are underground.

1 C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Nishi-nippori, Otemachi, and Yoyogi-uehara
Odakyu Odawara Line for Hon-Atsugi and Isehara
Romancecar for Hakone-Yumoto and Katase-Enoshima
2 C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for 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, 2 TS Tobu Skytree Line Limited 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, 4 TS Tobu Skytree Line for Oshiage and Asakusa
Z Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line for Ōtemachi, Shibuya
DT Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-Rinkan
5 TS Tobu Skytree Line (Through trains from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) for Takenotsuka, Kita-Koshigaya, Kita-Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, and Minami-Kurihashi
6, 7 H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ueno, Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

The Tsukuba Express platforms are elevated.

1  Tsukuba Express for Minami-Nagareyama, Moriya, and Tsukuba
2  Tsukuba Express for Akihabara

History

Funeral mourners in front of Kita-Senju Station in 1932

The station opened on 25 December 1896.[2]

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

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.[4] The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
2000183,611[5]
2005177,104[6]
2010195,260[7]
2011194,136[8]
2012198,624[9]
2013203,428[1]

See also

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 103. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  3. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生! あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  4. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  9. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

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