Minami-Senju Station

Minami-Senju Station 南千住駅
Minami-Senju Tokyo Metro Station, February 2008
Location
Prefecture	Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo)
Ward	Arakawa
Neighborhood etc.	4 Minami-senju
(in Japanese)	東京都荒川区南千住4丁目
History
Year opened	1896
Rail services
Station number(s)	H-20
Operator(s)	JR East Tokyo Metro Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Line(s)	Jōban Line Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Tsukuba Express

Minami-Senju Station (南千住駅, Minami-Senju eki^?) is a railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, opeated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo Metro, and the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 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
• Tokyo Metro: Hibiya Line (H-20)
• Metropolitan Intercity Railway Tsukuba Express (04)

Station layout

JR East

One elevated island platform serving two tracks.

1	■Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Matsudo, Toride, Narita, Tsuchiura, and Mito
2	■Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Nippori and Ueno

Tokyo Metro

Two elevated side platforms serving two tracks.

1	○Hibiya Line	for Ueno, Ginza, Naka-meguro, and Kikuna (via Tōkyū Tōyoko Line)
2	○Hibiya Line	for Kita-senju and Tōbu Dōbutsu-kōen (via Tōbu Isesaki Line)

Metropolitan Intercity Railway

Tsukuba Express ticket gates, February 2008

Two underground side platforms serving two tracks.

1	■Tsukuba Express	for Minami-Nagareyama, Moriya, and Tsukuba
2	■Tsukuba Express	for Akihabara

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Jōban Line (Rapid)
Mikawashima		Special Rapid		Kita-senju
Hibiya Line
Mikawashima		-	Kita-senju
Tsukuba Express
Asakusa		-	Kita-senju

History

The Jōban Line station opened on 25 December 1896.

The Hibiya Line station opened on 28 March 1961.^[1]

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 Kotsukappara execution grounds. Between 100,000 and 200,000 people died here during the Tokugawa era. 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.

Other locations of note include:

• San'ya district
• National Route 4
• Sumidagawa Freight Terminal (JR Freight)

References

1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 

External links

Media related to Minami-Senju Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (Japanese)
• Tokyo Metro station information (Japanese)
• Tsukuba Express station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°44′00″N 139°47′57″E / 35.7332°N 139.7993°E / 35.7332; 139.7993