Himemiya Station
TS29 Himemiya Station 姫宮駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 The west entrance in November 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Kawabata, Miyashiro Town, Minami-Saitama District, Saitama Prefecture 345-0804 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°00′15″N 139°44′20″E / 36.0043°N 139.7389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tōbu Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Tōbu Skytree Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 38.4 km (23.9 mi) from Asakusa | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TS-29 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 September 1927 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 5,215 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Himemiya Station (姫宮駅, Himemiya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.
Line
Himemiya Station is served by the Tōbu Skytree Line, and is located 38.4 km from the line's Tokyo terminus at Asakusa.[1]
Station layout
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The station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the tracks and platform.
Platforms
| 1 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kasukabe, Shin-Koshigaya, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line for Shibuya Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-rinkan Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ueno and Naka-meguro
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| 2 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi
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The east entrance in November 2012 -
The station platforms in November 2018
History
Himemiya Station opened on 1 September 1927.[1]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Himemiya Station becoming "TS-29".[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5215 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
- Miyashiro High School
- Miyashiro Himemiya Post Office
- Himemiya Shrine
See also
References
- ^ a b 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. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
External links
Media related to Himemiya Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tobu station information (in Japanese)