Minami-Senju Station

Minami-Senju Station (南千住駅, Minami-Senju-eki, "South Senju Station") 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.

JJ04 H21 Minami-Senju Station 南千住駅
The station buildings from all three lines seen at the same time, 2019
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)	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Tsukuba Express
Other information
Station code	H-21, JJ-04, 04
History
Opened	1896
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Mikawashima JJ03 toward Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Kita-Senju JJ05 toward Sendai Jōban Line Rapid Kita-Senju JJ05 toward Toride Preceding station Met. Intercity Railway Following station Asakusa (03) toward Akihabara Tsukuba Express Rapid Commuter-Rapid Semi-Rapid Local Kita-Senju (05) toward Tsukuba Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Minowa H20 toward Naka-meguro Hibiya Line Kita-Senju H22 Terminus

Lines

Minami-Senju Station is served by the following lines.

• JR East: JJ Jōban Line
• Tokyo Metro: H Hibiya Line (H-21)
• Metropolitan Intercity Railway Tsukuba Express (04)

Station layout

JR East

One elevated island platform serving two tracks.

1	■ Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Matsudo, Kashiwa, Abiko, Toride, Narita, Tsuchiura, Ishioka, and Mito
2	■ Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Nippori and Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa

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  Jōban Line ticket gates
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  Jōban Line platforms, 2019

Tokyo Metro

Two elevated side platforms serving two tracks.

1	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ueno, Ginza, and Naka-Meguro
2	H Hibiya Line	for Kita-Senju TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi

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  Hibiya Line ticket gate, 2019
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  Hibiya Line platforms, 2019

Metropolitan Intercity Railway

Two underground side platforms serving two tracks.

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

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  Tsukuba Express ticket gates, 2019
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  Tsukuba Express platforms, 2008

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 Kozukappara execution grounds. 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 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 (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Metro station information (in Japanese)
• Tsukuba Express station information (in Japanese)