Keisei Hikifune Station

Railway station in Tokyo, Japan

Preceding station	Keisei			Following station
Oshiage KS45 Terminus		Oshiage Line Local		Yahiro KS47 towards Aoto

Location
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Keisei Hikifune Station (京成曳舟駅, Keisei-Hikifune-eki) is a railway station on the Keisei Oshiage Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway.

Lines

Keisei Hikifune Station is served by the 5.7 km Keisei Oshiage Line, and is located 1.1 km from the starting point of the line at Oshiage.^[1]

Station layout

This station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	KS Keisei Oshiage Line	for Oshiage A Toei Asakusa Line for Nihombashi, Shimbashi, and Nishi-magome KK Keikyu Line for Shinagawa, Haneda Airport (Int'l Terminal and Domestic Terminal), and Misakiguchi
2	KS Keisei Oshiage Line	for Aoto, Keisei Funabashi, and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) HS Hokusō Line for Imba Nihon-idai

The platforms in September 2015

History

The station opened on 3 November 1912, initially named Hikifune Station (曳舟駅).^[1] It was renamed Keisei Hikifune on 18 November 1931.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010; Keisei Hikifune was assigned station number KS46.^[2]^[3]

The west entrance in October 2007 before rebuilding

Surrounding area

Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 210. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "京成線各駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします" ["Station numbering" will be introduced to each station on the Keisei Line] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "京成と京急が駅ナンバリングを導入" [Keisei and Keikyu to introduce station numbering]. Tetsudo News (in Japanese). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.