Kinshichō Station

Kinshichō Station (錦糸町駅, Kinshichō-eki) is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metro.

JO22 JB22 Z13 Kinshichō Station 錦糸町駅
General information
Location	3 Kōtōbashi, Sumida, Tokyo （東京都墨田区江東橋3丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) JB Chūō-Sōbu Line Z Hanzōmon Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	JO22 (Sōbu Line (Rapid)) JB22 (Chūō-Sōbu Line) Z-13 (Hanzōmon Line)
History
Opened	9 December 1894; 130 years ago (9 December 1894)
Passengers
JR East, FY2013	103,522 daily
Services Preceding station JR East Following station Shinjuku SJKJC05 towards Hakuba Azusa Funabashi JO25 towards Chiba Shinjuku SJKJC05 towards Ōtsuki Fuji Excursion Funabashi One-way operation Tokyo TYOJO19 Terminus Shiosai Funabashi JO25 (limited service) towards Chōshi Bakurochō JO21 towards Tokyo Sōbu Line Rapid Shin-Koiwa JO23 towards Chiba Ryōgoku JB21 towards Mitaka Chūō–Sōbu Line Kameido JB23 towards Chiba Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Sumiyoshi Z12 towards Shibuya Hanzōmon Line Oshiage Z14 Terminus
Location Kinshichō Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Kinshichō Station Kinshichō Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Kinshichō Station Kinshichō Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Kinshichō Station Kinshichō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

The surrounding area is the largest shopping district in Sumida Ward, featuring several large department stores such as Termina Shopping Mall which houses numerous small shops and restaurants.

Lines

Kinshichō Station is served by the JR East Sōbu Line (Rapid) and Chūō-Sōbu Line, as well as the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line (Station number Z-13).

Station layout

JR Sōbu Line trains stabled next to the station platforms during the daytime, August 2007

JR East platforms

1	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Akihabara, Shinjuku, Nakano, and Mitaka
2	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Shin-Koiwa, Funabashi, Tsudanuma, and Chiba
3	JO Sōbu Line (Rapid)	for Tokyo JO Yokosuka Line for Yokohama, and Kamakura
4	JO Sōbu Line (Rapid)	for Chiba, Narita, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, and Kisarazu

Tokyo Metro platforms

Hanzōmon Line underground platforms, June 2023

1	Z Hanzōmon Line	for Otemachi and Shibuya DT Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-Rinkan
2	Z Hanzōmon Line	for Oshiage TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TI Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki TN Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi

History

The station first opened on 9 December 1894.^[1] The Hanzōmon Line station opened on 19 March 2003.

The station facilities of the Hanzōmon Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[2] This station was one of the more popular spots in Tokyo for people to gather and play the mobile game Pokemon GO when it was first released in August 2016.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 103,522 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 36th-busiest station operated by JR East.^[3] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 92,658 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the 41st-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.^[4] The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tokyo Metro
1999	83,336[5]
2000	85,652[6]
2005	89,700[7]
2010	99,032[8]
2011	99,167[9]	82,342[10]
2012	101,250[11]	89,233[12]
2013	103,522[3]	92,658[4]
2020	74,343[13][a]	74,337[14][a]

• Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kinshicho → Ryōgoku was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.^[15]

Surrounding area

• Kinshi Park
• Sumida Triphony Hall (concert hall)

See also

• Tokyo portal

• List of railway stations in Japan

Notes

1. Represents a significant ridership decrease owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport.