is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East), Tokyo Metro, and the

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company The is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the ''Jōban Shinsen'') commuter railway line from in Tokyo to in Ibaraki Prefecture ...

. The stations for each of these lines are located in separate buildings, necessitating crossing a road to reach each station's ticket exchange.

Lines

Minami-Senju Station is served by the following lines. * JR East:

Jōban Line The Jōban Line ( ja, 常磐線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line officially begins at Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, ...

* Tokyo Metro: (H-21) * Tsukuba_Express_mark

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Tsukuba Express (TX-04)

Station layout

JR East

One elevated

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 ...

serving two tracks. File:Minamisenju-Sta-JR-Gate.JPG, Jōban Line ticket gates File:Joban platform - Minami-Senju Station Jun 4 2019 10-29AM.jpeg, Jōban Line platforms, 2019

Tokyo Metro

Two elevated

side platform 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 ...

s serving two tracks. File:Hibiya line - Minamisenju Station ticket gates 2019 April 13.jpeg, Hibiya Line ticket gate, 2019 File:Hibiya Line - Minami Senju Station 1140am 2019 June 16.jpeg, Hibiya Line platforms, 2019

Metropolitan Intercity Railway

Two underground

s serving two tracks. File:Views of the public transport system in Tokyo 03.jpg, Tsukuba Express ticket gates, 2019 File:Tsukuba-express-04-Minami-senju-station-platform.jpg, Tsukuba Express platforms, 2008

History

The Jōban Line station opened on 25 December 1896. The Hibiya Line station opened on 28 March 1961. The station facilities of this line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. The Tsukuba Express station opened on 24 August 2005.

Surrounding area

During the period between 1650 and 1873, the area was the location of the

Kozukappara execution grounds The were one of the three sites in the vicinity of Edo (the forerunner of present-day Tokyo, Japan) where the Tokugawa shogunate executed criminals in the Edo period. Alternate romanized spellings are ''Kozukahara'' and ''Kotsukappara''. The s ...

. Between 100,000 and 200,000 people died here during the Tokugawa period. Near the south exit of the Tokyo Metro station, a small temple and burial ground commemorates this. Part of the burial grounds currently lie beneath the Hibiya Line tracks. There are many cheap hotels in the area. Other locations of note include: *

San'ya is an area in the Taitō and Arakawa wards of Tokyo, located south of the Namidabashi intersection, around the Yoshino-dori. A neighborhood named "San'ya" existed until 1966, but the area was renamed and split between several neighborhoods. It ...

district * National Route 4 * Sumidagawa Freight Terminal ( JR Freight)

References

External links

JR East Minami-Senju Station

TX Minami-Senju Station
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