Higashi-Mukōjima Station

Higashi-Mukōjima Station (東向島駅, Higashi-Mukōjima eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.^[1]

TS05 Higashi-Mukōjima Station 東向島駅
Station entrance, April 2015
General information
Location	4-29-7 Higashi-Mukōjima, Sumida, Tokyo （墨田区東向島4-29-7） Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TS Tobu Skytree Line
History
Opened	1902
Previous names	Tamanoi (until 1988)
Passengers
[1]	16,867 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Hikifune TS04 towards Asakusa Skytree Line Section Express Section Semi Express Local Kanegafuchi TS06 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen

Lines

The station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa Station in Tokyo to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen in Saitama Prefecture. It is located 3.2 km from Asakusa Station.^[2]

Station layout

Higashi-Mukōjima Station has two opposite side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	TS Tobu Skytree Line	for Kita-Senju, Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi
2	TS Tobu Skytree Line	for Hikifune and Asakusa

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  The platforms in December 2022

History

The station first opened on 1 April 1902 as Shirahige Station (白鬚駅), but operations were suspended from 15 July 1905, and the station was formally closed from 4 April 1908. It reopened as Tamanoi Station (玉ノ井駅) on 1 October 1923 following urban regrowth after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. On 12 December 1987, the station was renamed Higashi-Mukōjima Station.^[2]

Surrounding area

Tobu Museum

• Tobu Museum, located beneath the elevated station and tracks, with viewing windows located beneath the platforms
• Mukōjima Hyakkaen, flower garden dating from the Edo period
• Tokyo Metropolitan Sumidagawa High School
• Route 6 (Mito Kaidō)
• Meiji Dōri

References

1. Higashi-Mukōjima Station information Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 March 2009 (in Japanese)
2. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

External links

• Higashi-Mukōjima Station information Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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