Minami-Senju Station

Minami-Senju Station 南千住駅
Minami-Senju Tokyo Metro Station, February 2008
Location	4 Minami-senju, Arakawa, Tokyo （東京都荒川区南千住4丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Line(s)	Jōban Line Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Tsukuba Express
Other information
Station code	H-20
History
Opened	1896

Minami-Senju Station (南千住駅 Minami-Senju-eki) is a railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated 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

Joban Line platforms

One elevated island platform serving two tracks.

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

Tokyo Metro

Hibiya Line ticket gate

Two elevated side platforms serving two tracks.

1	○ Hibiya Line	for Ueno, Ginza, and Naka-Meguro
2	○ Hibiya Line	for Kita-Senju, Kuki and Minami-Kurihashi (via Tobu Skytree Line and Tōbu Nikkō 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)
Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Mikawashima		Rapid		Kita-Senju
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-20)
Minowa (H-19)		-	Kita-Senju (H-21)
Tsukuba Express (04)
Asakusa (03)		Rapid Commuter Rapid Semi Rapid Local	Kita-Senju (05)

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.

There are many cheap hotels in the area.

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