- Narihirabashi Station
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Narihirabashi Station業平橋駅
Station entrance, January 2008 Location Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)Ward Sumida Neighborhood etc. 1-1-4 Oshiage (in Japanese) 墨田区押上1-1-4 History Year opened 1902 Former name Azumabashi Station Present name since 1931 Rail services Operator(s) Tobu Railway Line(s) Tōbu Isesaki Line Narihirabashi Station (業平橋駅 Narihirabashi-eki) is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]
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Lines
Narihirabashi Station is served by the Tōbu Isesaki Line from Asakusa, and is 1.1 km from Asakusa.[2]
Station layout
View of the platforms looking east, January 2008
The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks.
Platforms
1 ■Isesaki Line for Asakusa 2 ■Isesaki Line for Kita-Senju, Kasukabe, Kuki and Minami-Kurihashi Adjacent stations
« Service » Tōbu Isesaki Line Asakusa Local Hikifune Asakusa Section Semi-express Hikifune Asakusa Section Express Hikifune Limited Express
Rapid
Section Rapid: no stopHistory
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.[2]
Narihirabashi Station will be rebuilt and renamed Tokyo Sky Tree Station (とうきょうスカイツリー駅 Tōkyō Sukai Tsurī-eki) in March 2012, ahead of the opening of the Tokyo Sky Tree and adjoining Sky Tree 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 will stop at the station.[3]
Surrounding area
- Tobu Railway Head Office
- Oshiage Station (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line) (approximately 10 minutes' walk)
- Honjo-azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line)
- Tokyo Sky Tree
See also
Media related to Narihirabashi Station at Wikimedia CommonsReferences
- ^ "Narihirabashi Station Information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/1103.html. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ a b "２０１２年３月 とうきょうスカイツリー駅（現・業平橋駅）に、特急列車が停車します！ [Limited Express trains to stop at Tokyo Sky Tree Station from March 2012]" (in Japanese) (pdf). Tobu News. Tobu Railway. 11 October 2011. http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/3907/111011-01.pdf. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
External links
- Tobu station information (Japanese)
Stations of the Tōbu Isesaki Line Asakusa - Narihirabashi - (For Shibuya << -) (Oshiage) Hikifune - Higashi-Mukōjima - Kanegafuchi - Horikiri - Ushida - (For Naka-Meguro <<)Kita-senju - Kosuge - Gotanno - Umejima - Nishiarai - Takenotsuka - Yatsuka - Sōka - Matsubaradanchi - Shinden - Gamō - Shin-Koshigaya - Koshigaya - Kita-Koshigaya - Ōbukuro - Sengendai - Takesato - Ichinowari - Kasukabe - Kita-Kasukabe - Himemiya - Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (>>For Tōbu Nikkō) - Wado - Kuki - Washinomiya - Hanasaki - Kazo - Minami-Hanyū - Hanyū - Kawamata - Morinji-mae - Tatebayashi - Tatara - Agata - Fukui - Tōbu-Izumi - Ashikagashi - Yashū-Yamabe - Niragawa - Ōta - Hosoya - Kizaki - Serada - Sakaimachi - Gōshi - Shin-Isesaki - Isesaki
Coordinates: 35°42′36″N 139°48′34″E / 35.7099°N 139.8094°E
Categories:- Railway stations in Tokyo
- Railway stations opened in 1902
- Stations of Tobu Railway
- Tobu Isesaki Line
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