Hikifune Station (曳舟駅) is an elevated station in Sumida, Tokyo. Tobu Railway runs it on the Tobu Kameido Line and the Tobu Skytree Line. It opened on 1 April 1902.
History
Hikifune Station opened on 1 April 1902, on the same day as the line between Azumabashi Station (吾妻橋駅, now Tokyo Skytree Station) and Kita-Senju opened. The Kameido Line section from here to Kameido opened on 5 April 1904.
The station was elevated on 21 February 1967. On 16 June 1979 a multi-storey station building, the Tobu Hikifune Building, opened on the east side, with the Hikifune Tobu Bowl. From 26 August 1986 longer trains ran in the morning rush from here to Minami-Kurihashi.
On 25 September 1990 the longer trains were extended to Gyōbashi, and the turn-back here ended. On 2 August 1994 rear cars were detached here for an express to Asakusa. On 19 March 2003 the line extended to Oshiage, starting through service with the Eidan Hanzōmon Line (then) and the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line. From then the Asakusa cars were detached at Kita-Senju.
One-man operation began on the Kameido Line on 19 October 2004. In March 2006 new elevators connected the platforms with the ticket level. Departure melodies were added to the Isesaki Line platforms on 28 October 2010. The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 made the wall of the Tobu Hikifune Building fall and damaged the overhead wires. The bowling centre was closed, and later shut for good.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2012. The Tobu Hikifune Building was demolished in 2013. On 1 April 2017 a hospital opened in the building next to the station, and the sub-name Tokyo Hikifune Hospital-mae was set. The EQUiA Hikifune commercial facility opened on 7 April 2017. On 6 June 2020 express trains began stopping here during morning and evening periods.
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