Kita-Senju Station

Kita-Senju Station

北千住駅
Kita-Senju Station; 北千住駅
	West Exit
General information
Location	Adachi, Tokyo; Japan
Operated by	JR East; Tobu Railway; Tokyo Metro; Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company;
Line(s)	Jōban Line; Tobu Skytree Line; Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line; Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line; Tsukuba Express;
Other information
Station code	H-21, C-18, 05, TS-09
History
Opened	1896
Passengers
JR East, FY2013	203,428 daily

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 (Ikebukuro being the busiest station). It is the tenth-busiest JR East station.^[1]

Lines

Kita-Senju Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout

JR East Joban 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, Tokyo, Yoyogi-Uehara and Karakida
2	○■Chiyoda Line and Jōban Line	for Ayase, Chiba, Matsudo and Toride

Tobu Skytree Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

Platforms 1 to 4 are located on the first floor, and platforms 5 to 7 are located on the third floor.

1, 2	■ Tobu Skytree Line	Limited Express services for Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa-Onsen, Gunma, Kuzū, Ashikagashi, Gunma, Isesaki, and Tōbu Utsunomiya Other services for Takenotsuka, Shin-Koshigaya, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Saitama, Tatebayashi, Ashikagashi, Gunma, Minami-Kurihashi, Shin-Tochigi, Tōbu Nikkō, and Aizu Tajima
3, 4	■ Tobu Skytree Line	for Oshiage and Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line for Tokyo, Shibuya Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-Rinkan
5	■ Tobu Skytree Line (Through trains from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)	for Takenotsuka, Kita-Koshigaya, Kita-Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, and Minami-Kurihashi
6, 7	○ Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ueno, Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

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

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Jōban Line
Nippori	Special Rapid	Matsudo
Minami-Senju	Rapid	Matsudo
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-18)
Tokyo (C-11)	Limited Express Romancecar	Terminus
Machiya (C-17)	Tama Express	Ayase (C-19)
Machiya (C-17)	Semi Express	Ayase (C-19)
Machiya (C-17)	Local	Ayase (C-19)
colspan=5 style="background:#Template:Tokyo Metro color;"\|Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-21)
Minami-Senju (H-20)	-	Kosuge (TS-10) (Tobu Skytree Line)
Tobu Skytree Line (TS-09)
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)	Limited Express Spacia		Kasukabe (TS-27)
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)	Limited Express Ryōmō		Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (TS-30)
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)	Limited Express Kirifuri		Kasukabe (TS-27)
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)	Limited Express Shimotsuke		Kasukabe (TS-27)
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)	Rapid		Kasukabe (TS-27)
Tokyo Skytree (TS-02)	Section Rapid		Kasukabe (TS-27)
Hikifune (TS-04)	Express		Nishiarai (TS-13)
Tokyo (TS-08)	Section Express		Nishiarai (TS-13)
Hikifune (TS-04)	Semi Express		Nishiarai (TS-13)
Ushida (TS-08)	Section Semi Express		Nishiarai (TS-13)
Ushida (TS-08)	Local		Kosuge (TS-10)
Minami-Senju (H-20)	Local (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)		Kosuge (TS-10)
Tsukuba Express (05)
Minami-Senju (04)	Rapid		Minami-Nagareyama (10)
Minami-Senju (04)	Commuter-Rapid		Rokuchō (07)
Minami-Senju (04)	Semi-Rapid		Yashio (08)
Minami-Senju (04)	Local		Aoi (06)

History

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 year	Daily average
2000	183,611^[5]
2005	177,104^[6]
2010	195,260^[7]
2011	194,136^[8]
2012	198,624^[9]
2013	203,428^[1]

References

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^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 103. ISBN 4-533-00503-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 「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 (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗降人員ランキング (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 31 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 1 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)