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Higashi-Mukōjima Station

Coordinates: 35°43′28″N 139°49′10″E / 35.7244°N 139.8195°E / 35.7244; 139.8195
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Higashi-Mukōjima Station

東向島駅
Station entrance, April 2015
General information
Location4-29-7 Higashi-Mukōjima, Sumida, Tokyo
(墨田区東向島4-29-7)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s)TS Tobu Skytree Line
History
Opened1902
Previous namesTamanoi (until 1988)
Passengers
[1]16,867 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Hikifune
TS04
towards Asakusa
Skytree Line
Section Express
Section Semi Express
Local
Kanegafuchi
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Higashi-Mukōjima Station (東向島駅, Higashi-Mukōjima eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

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The station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen in Saitama Prefecture. It is located 3.2 km from Asakusa Station.[2]

Station layout

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Higashi-Mukōjima Station has two opposite side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

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1 TS Tobu Skytree Line for Kita-Senju, Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi
2 TS Tobu Skytree Line for Hikifune and Asakusa

History

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The station first opened on 1 April 1902 as Shirahige Station (白鬚駅), but operations were suspended from 15 July 1905, and the station was formally closed from 4 April 1908. It reopened as Tamanoi Station (玉ノ井駅) on 1 October 1923 following urban regrowth after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. On 12 December 1987, the station was renamed Higashi-Mukōjima Station.[2]

Surrounding area

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Tobu Museum

References

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  1. ^ a b Higashi-Mukōjima Station information Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 March 2009 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
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35°43′28″N 139°49′10″E / 35.7244°N 139.8195°E / 35.7244; 139.8195