is a railway station in

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, Japan. Kita-Senju is the third-busiest station on the

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network, after

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and Otemachi. It is the tenth-busiest JR East station.

Lines

Kita-Senju Station is served by the following lines. *

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Joban Line *

Tobu Skytree Line The is a section of the Tobu Isesaki line operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway, extending from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains from the line continue to the Tokyo Metr ...

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Station layout

JR East

JR East platforms are on ground level. File:JR Kitasenju Station - north exit - June 24 2019 midnight 00 04 48 910000.jpeg, North exit of JR Kita-Senju Station, 2019 File:Kitasenju-Sta-JR-Platform.JPG, JR East platforms

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line

The Chiyoda Line platforms are underground. File:東京メトロ千代田線西口駅前広場改札口.jpg, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line ticket gates File:Chiyoda Line - Kitasenju Station platforms - Platform doors panorama - Oct 26 2019 20 35 42 473000.jpeg, Chiyoda Line platforms with new platform screen doors installed, 2019

Tobu Skytree Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line

Platforms 1 to 4 are located on ground level (the first floor), and platforms 5 to 7 are elevated (the third floor). File:東武北千住駅中央改札口.jpg, Central ticket gates, 2016 File:Tobu Skytree Line Hibiya Line north gate - Kitasenju Station Dec 09 2018 02 PM.jpeg, North ticket gates, 2018 File:Kitasenju-Tobu-1F-Platform.JPG, Tobu Skytree Line platforms at the first floor, 2016 File:Kita-Senju Station Tobu line platforms with platform doors - June 27 2021 various 18 43 51 177000.jpeg, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line platforms at the third floor, 2021 File:Rail Tracks map Tobu and Metro Kita-Senju Station.svg, Track diagram for Hibiya Line and Tobu Line

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

The

platforms are elevated. File:Tsukuba-express-05-Kita-senju-station-platform.jpg, Tsukuba Express platforms

History

The station opened on 25 December 1896. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kita-Senju Station becoming "TS-09". The station facilities of the Hibiya and Chiyoda Lines were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

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. 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. The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

References

External links

JR East Kita-Senju Station

TX Kita-Senju Station
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