Himemiya Station
TS29 Himemiya Station 姫宮駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 The west entrance in November 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Kawabata, Miyashiro Town, Minami-Saitama District, Saitama Prefecture 345-0804 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°00′15″N 139°44′20″E / 36.0043°N 139.7389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tōbu Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | _symbol.svg){kind=small} Tōbu Skytree Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 38.4 km (23.9 mi) from Asakusa | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TS-29 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 September 1927 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 5,215 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Himemiya Station (姫宮駅, Himemiya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.
Line
[edit]Himemiya Station is served by the Tōbu Skytree Line, and is located 38.4 km from the line's Tokyo terminus at Asakusa.[1]
Station layout
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The station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the tracks and platform.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kasukabe, Shin-Koshigaya, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line for Shibuya Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-rinkan Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ueno and Naka-meguro
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| 2 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen_symbol.svg){kind=small} Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki_symbol.svg){kind=small} Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi
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The east entrance in November 2012 -
The station platforms in November 2018
History
[edit]Himemiya Station opened on 1 September 1927.[1]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Himemiya Station becoming "TS-29".[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5215 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Miyashiro High School
- Miyashiro Himemiya Post Office
- Himemiya Shrine
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 「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.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Himemiya Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tobu station information (in Japanese)