Kita-Senju Station
Railway and metro station in Tokyo, Japan
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Kita-Senju Station (北千住駅, Kitasenju-eki) (lit. "North Senju station") is a major interchange railway station in the Senju district of Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. Kita-Senju is the third-busiest station on the Tokyo Metro network, after Ikebukuro and Otemachi. It is the tenth-busiest JR East station.[1]
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| Location | Adachi, Tokyo Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | H-22, C-18, 05, TS-09 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 25, 1896 (JR East) August 27, 1899 (Tobu Railway) December 20, 1969 (Tokyo Metro) August 24, 2005 (Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| JR East, FY2013 | 203,428 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
Kita-Senju Station is served by the following lines.
Station layout
JR East
JR East platforms are on ground level.
| 1-2 | for Matsudo, Toride, Tsuchiura, Ishioka, and Mito ■ Narita Line for Narita | |
| 2-3 | for Nippori, Ueno |
- North exit of JR Kita-Senju Station, 2019
- JR East platforms
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
The Chiyoda Line platforms are underground.
| 1 | for Nishi-nippori, Otemachi, and Yoyogi-uehara □ Romancecar for Hakone-Yumoto and Katase-Enoshima | |
| 2 | for Ayase, Kita-ayase |
- Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line ticket gates
- Chiyoda Line platforms with new platform screen doors installed, 2019
Tobu Skytree Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Platforms 1 to 4 are located on ground level (the first floor), and platforms 5 to 7 are elevated (the third floor).
| 1, 2 | Limited Express services for Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa-Onsen, Akagi, Kuzū, Ashikagashi, Ōmiya, Ōta, Isesaki, and Tōbu Utsunomiya Other services for Shin-Koshigaya, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, Tatebayashi and Minami-Kurihashi | |
| 3, 4 | for Oshiage and Asakusa | |
| 5 | for Takenotsuka, Kita-Koshigaya, Kita-Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, and Minami-Kurihashi | |
| 6, 7 | for Ueno, Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro |
- Central ticket gates, 2016
- North ticket gates, 2018
- Tobu Skytree Line platforms at the first floor, 2016
- Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line platforms at the third floor, 2021
- Track diagram for Hibiya Line and Tobu Line
Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
The Tsukuba Express platforms are elevated.
| 1 | for Minami-Nagareyama, Moriya, and Tsukuba | |
| 2 | for Akihabara |
- Tsukuba Express platforms
History

The JR East station opened on 25 December 1896.[2] The Tobu station opened three years later on August 27, with through services with the Hibiya Line commencing in 1962. The Tokyo Metro platforms was opened as the initial northern terminus of the Chiyoda line in 1969 by the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA). The Tsukuba Express station opened on August 24, 2005.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kita-Senju Station becoming "TS-09".[3]
The station facilities of the Hibiya and Chiyoda Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[4]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 203,428 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the tenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[1] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda station was used by an average of 283,962 passengers per day and the Tokyo Metro Hibiya station was used by an average of 291,466 passengers per day. Note that the latter statistics consider passengers who travel through Kita-Senju station on a through service as users of the station, even if they did not disembark at the station. The Chiyoda Line station is the third-busiest on the Tokyo Metro network which does not offer through services onto other lines.[5] The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.