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Tokyo Skytree Station (とうきょうスカイツリー駅, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī-eki, officially stylized as TOKYO SKYTREE Station) is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1] It is adjacent to the Tokyo Skytree and Skytree Town redevelopment, and was formerly known as Narihirabashi Station.

TS02 Tokyo Skytree Station とうきょうスカイツリー駅
Station entrance in 2012
General information
Location	1-1-4 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TS Tobu Skytree Line
Other information
Station code	TS-02
History
Opened	1902
Previous names	Azumabashi; Narihirabashi (until 2012)
Passengers
FY2012	105,199 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Asakusa TS01 Terminus Kegon Hikifune TS04 towards Tōbu-Nikkō Kinu Hikifune TS04 towards Kinugawa-Onsen Aizu Kita-Senju TS09 towards Aizu-Tajima Ryomo Hikifune TS04 towards Kuzū, Akagi or Isesaki « Service » Tobu Skytree Line TS02 Asakusa TS01   Limited Express Skytree Liner   Hikifune TS09 Asakusa TS01   Limited Express Urban Park Liner   Hikifune TS09 Asakusa TS01   Section Express   Hikifune TS04 Asakusa TS01   Section Semi-express   Hikifune TS04 Asakusa TS01   Local   Hikifune TS04
Location
Tokyo Skytree Station Location within Tokyo Show map of Tokyo Tokyo Skytree Station Tokyo Skytree Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Tokyo Skytree Station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa, and is 1.1 km from the line's Asakusa terminus.[2]

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

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

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  Platform 2 looking east, May 2012
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  The station entrance in May 2012

Adjacent stations

All kinds of the limited express excluding Skytree Liner and Urban Park Liner stop at Hikifune Station as the next or previous station at only the morning and evening. At the noon, all of the limited express except Skytree Liner and Urban Park Liner stop at Kita-Senju Station as the next or previous station.

History

The station first opened on 1 April 1902 as Azumabashi Station (吾妻橋駅, Azumabashi-eki).[2] The station closed from 5 April 1904, but reopened on 1 March 1908.[2] On 1 March 1910, the station was renamed Asakusa Station (浅草駅, Asakusa-eki).[2] On 25 May 1931, this was renamed Narihirabashi Station (業平橋駅, Narihirabashi-eki).[2]

Redevelopment and renaming

Narihirabashi Station was renamed Tokyo Skytree Station from 17 March 2012, ahead of the opening of the Tokyo Skytree and adjoining Skytree Town shopping and office complex on 22 May 2012.[3] From this date, all up limited express (Spacia, Ryōmō, and Shimotsuke) services and four down Spacia Kinu services stop at the station.[3] The rebuilt and enlarged station was opened on 20 April 2012, with the concourse area increased from approximately 60 m² to 700 m².[4]

From the same day, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Tokyo Skytree Station becoming "TS-02".[5]

From 26 or 27 November 2022, a new elevated platform will open for southbound trains headed for Asakusa Station.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 105,199 passengers daily.[7]

Surrounding area

• Tokyo Skytree
• Sumida Aquarium
• Tobu Railway Head Office

Other stations

• Oshiage Station ( Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line) (approximately 10 minutes' walk and 1 stop away on the railway)
• Honjo-azumabashi Station ( Toei Asakusa Line)

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

• Tobu station information (in Japanese)

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