is a railway station on the

Keisei Oshiage Line The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by private railway company Keisei Electric Railway. It connects Oshiage Station in Sumida and Aoto Station in Katsushika. The Oshiage Line passes through areas typical of Tokyo's '' shitamachi' ...

Sumida, Tokyo is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Sumida City. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 257,300, and a population density of 18,690 persons per km ...

, Japan, operated by the

private railway A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector. Japan In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...

operator

Keisei Electric Railway The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...

Lines

Keisei Hikifune Station is served by the 5.7 km

, and is located 1.1 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

This station consists of two

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving two tracks.

Platforms

File:KeiseiHikifunePlatform.jpg, The platforms in September 2015

History

The station opened on 3 November 1912, initially named . It was renamed Keisei Hikifune on 18 November 1931. File:Keisei-Hikifune-station-west-side.jpg, The west entrance in October 2007 before rebuilding

Surrounding area

Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden is an urban garden located in Sumida, Tokyo. The garden was created by a merchant, and is different from ''daimyō'' gardens, and therefore it not a "traditional Japanese garden" in the proper sense of the term. It is the only surviving flower g ...

References

External links

* {{Keisei Oshiage Line Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912