Keisei Hikifune Station (original) (raw)
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Railway station in Tokyo, Japan
| KS46 Keisei Hikifune Station京成曳舟駅 | |
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 The west entrance in April 2017 |
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| General information | |
| Location | Sumida-ku, TokyoJapan |
| Coordinates | 35°43′07″N 139°49′13″E / 35.71861°N 139.82028°E / 35.71861; 139.82028 |
| Operated by |  Keisei Electric Railway |
| Line(s) | KS Keisei Oshiage Line |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 3 November 1912 |
| Previous names | Hikifune (until 1931) |
| Services | |
Preceding station  Keisei Following station OshiageKS45Terminus Oshiage LineLocal YahiroKS47towards Aoto |
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Location  Keisei Hikifune StationLocation within TokyoShow map of Tokyo Keisei Hikifune StationKeisei Hikifune Station (Japan)Show map of Japan |
Keisei Hikifune Station (京成曳舟駅, Keisei-Hikifune-eki) is a railway station on the Keisei Oshiage Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway.
Keisei Hikifune Station is served by the 5.7 km Keisei Oshiage Line, and is located 1.1 km from the starting point of the line at Oshiage.[1]
This station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks.
The platforms in September 2015
The station opened on 3 November 1912, initially named Hikifune Station (曳舟駅).[1] It was renamed Keisei Hikifune on 18 November 1931.[1]
Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010; Keisei Hikifune was assigned station number KS46.[2][3]
The west entrance in October 2007 before rebuilding
In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Keisei-Hikifune → Oshiage was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.[4]
- ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [_Databook: Japan's Private Railways_]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 210. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ "京成線各駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします" ["Station numbering" will be introduced to each station on the Keisei Line] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "京成と京急が駅ナンバリングを導入" [Keisei and Keikyu to introduce station numbering]. Tetsudo News (in Japanese). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Most Crowded Rush Hour Train Lines in Tokyo". Blog. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- Official website (in Japanese)