is a railway station in

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, Japan, jointly operated by

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Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longes ...

, Toei, and

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 ...

. It is adjacent to the

Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010Keisei 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' ...

(station number KS45) – through service to the

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(station number TS-03) – through service to the

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(station number A-20) – through service to 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' ...

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(station number Z-14) – through service to the

Station layout

There are two sets of platforms, one for Keisei/Toei at level B1, and the other for Tokyo Metro/Tobu at level B3. Each consists of two

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s serving four tracks.

Keisei/Toei

On the Keisei/Toei section, trains to Nishi-Magome and the Keikyu Network leave from platforms 1, 2 or 3. Trains for Aoto and the Keisei/Hokusō/Shibayama network leave from platforms 3 and 4, although Keisei and Hokusō trains can also use platform 2. File:Keisei Oshiage sta 001.jpg, Keisei ticket gates

Tokyo Metro/Tobu

Platform 1 is used by through services from the

. Platforms 2 and 3 are used by Hanzomon Line services terminating and starting at this station. File:Oshiage Station - ticket gates - Tobu Line - Aug 5 2019 415pm.jpeg, Tokyo Metro ticket gates TokyoMetro-Z14-Oshiage-station-platform-1-2-20200315-085855.jpg, Tokyo Metro platforms, 2020 File:Rail Tracks map between Tokyo Metro Oshiage and Tobu Hikifune Station.svg, Track diagram for the Tokyo Metro and Tobu lines

History

The Keisei station opened on 3 November 1912. The Keisei station was moved underground in 1960 in preparation of the opening of Line 1 of the Toei Subway (present day

). Line 1 would open for revenue service on 4 December of that year. The Tobu station opened on 19 March 2003. The Hanzomon Line platforms were inherited by

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

Surrounding area

The station is located at the Oshiage-eki-mae intersection of Metropolitan Routes 453 and 465 (Asakusa-dōri and Yotsume-dōri respectively). *

Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010Tokyo Skytree Station is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. It is adjacent to the Tokyo Skytree and Skytree Town redevelopment, and was formerly known as Narihirabashi Station. ...

(approximately 10 minutes walk)

References

External links

Oshiage Station information
(Toei)

(Tokyo Metro)

(Tobu)
Oshiage Station information
(Keisei) {{Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912 Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line Toei Asakusa Line