Kita-Senju Station

Kita-Senju Station 北千住駅
Tsukuba Express platform
Location
Prefecture	Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward	Adachi
History
Year opened	1896
Rail services
Station number(s)	H-21, C-18, 05
Operator(s)	JR East Tōbu Railway Tokyo Metro Metropolitan Intercity Rwy.
Line(s)	Jōban Line Isesaki Line Hibiya Line Chiyoda Line Tsukuba Express

Kita-Senju Station (北千住駅, Kitasenju-eki) is a railway station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. Kita-Senju is the second-busiest station on the Tobu Railway and Tokyo Metro networks (Ikebukuro being the busiest station in both networks). Although it is only the eleventh-busiest JR East station, it is the second busiest JR station that is only connected to one JR line.

Lines

• JR East Jōban Line
• Tōbu Isesaki Line
• Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
• Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
• Tsukuba Express

Layout

JR East Jōban Line (Rapid)

1, 2	■■	for Matsudo, Toride, Narita and Tsuchiura
2,3	■■	for Nippori and Ueno

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and JR East Jōban Line (Local)

1	○Chiyoda Line	for Nishi-Nippori, Ōtemachi, Yoyogi-Uehara and Karakida
2	○■Chiyoda Line and Jōban Line	for Ayase, Abiko and Toride

Tōbu Isesaki Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

Platform 1 to 4 are located on the first floor, and platform 5 to 7 are located on the third floor.

1	■Isesaki Line (Limited Express)	for Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa-Onsen, Akagi, Kuzū, Ashikagashi, Isesaki and Tōbu Utsunomiya
1, 2	■Isesaki Line	for Shin-Koshigaya, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, Tatebayashi, Ashikagashi, Ōta, Minami-Kurihashi, Shin-Tochigi, Tōbu Nikkō and Aizu Tajima
3, 4	■Isesaki Line	for Asakusa, Oshiage, Ōtemachi, Shibuya and Chūō-Rinkan
5	■Isesaki Line (Through train from Hibiya Line)	for Takenotsuka, Kasukabe and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
6, 7	○Hibiya Line	for Ueno, Ginza, Naka-Meguro and Kikuna

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR East
Jōban Line
Minami-Senju		Rapid	Matsudo
Special Rapid: no stop
Tokyo Metro
Hibiya Line
Minami-Senju		-	Through to Tōbu Isesaki Line
Chiyoda Line
Machiya		Local	Ayase
Machiya		Semi Express	Ayase
Machiya		Tama Express	Ayase
Tōbu Railway
Isesaki Line
Ushida		Local	Kosuge
Ushida		Section Semi Express	Nishiarai
Ushida		Section Express	Nishiarai
Hikifune		Semi Express	Nishiarai
Hikifune		Express	Nishiarai
Asakusa		Section Rapid	Kasukabe
Asakusa		Rapid	Kasukabe
Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Tsukuba Express
Minami-Senju		Local	Aoi
Minami-Senju		Section Rapid	Yashio
Minami-Senju		Rapid	Minami-Nagareyama

History

The station opened on 25 December 1896.

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)
• Tōbu station information (Japanese)
• Tokyo Metro station information (Japanese)
• Tsukuba Express station information (Japanese)