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Kita-Senju Station
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48 Events
1896
12月25日
It opened as a station on the Nippon Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本鉄道の駅として開業。
1899
8月27日
Tobu Railway's station opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武鉄道の駅が開業。
1906
11月1日
Nippon Railway was nationalized.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本鉄道が国有化される。
1909
10月12日
The line came under the jurisdiction of the Jōban Line due to the designation of line names.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
線路名称の制定により、常磐線の所属となる。
1936
12月11日
With the direct current electrification of the Nippori - Matsudo section, local trains were electrified (Ueno - Matsudo section), and all trains except for three morning up trains became non-stop services for local electric trains.
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日暮里 - 松戸間直流電化に伴い、近距離列車が電車化（上野 - 松戸間）。近距離電車以外の上り朝の3本を除く全列車が通過となる。
1940
7月5日
A downbound electric train collided with a freight train being switched in the station yard, injuring about 70 crew and passengers.
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駅構内で貨物列車の入れ替え作業をしていたところに下り電車が追突。乗員、乗客約70人が負傷。
1941
11月19日
A following train collided with a stopped upstream train due to dense fog, killing 6 crew and passengers and injuring 41 others.
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濃霧のために停車していた上り列車に後続の列車が追突。乗務員、乗客6人が死亡、41人が重軽傷。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本国有鉄道が発足。
1962
1月15日
The elevated station building was opened for service.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
橋上駅舎の供用を開始。
1962
3月30日
Tobu Kitasenju Station was expanded to 2 platforms with 6 tracks.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武北千住駅が2面6線化。
1962
5月31日
A station on the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) Hibiya Line opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
帝都高速度交通営団（営団地下鉄）日比谷線の駅が開業。
1965
7月21日
A collision accident between a freight train and a regular train occurred within the premises of the same station of Tobu Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武鉄道の同駅構内にて貨物列車と普通列車の衝突事故が発生する。
1969
12月20日
Teito Rapid Transit Authority Chiyoda Line stations opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
営団地下鉄千代田線の駅が開業。
1971
4月20日
Through operation between Teito Rapid Transit Authority Chiyoda Line and Japanese National Railways Joban Line local trains began, separating the subway through-operation local trains and rapid services, with the JNR stations becoming rapid service-only stations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
営団地下鉄千代田線と常磐線各駅停車の直通運転を開始。地下鉄直通の各駅停車と快速に分離。国鉄駅は快速のみの駅となる。
1972
2月2日
A travel center was established at the JNR station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄の駅に旅行センターを開設。
1977
12月1日
A new transfer passageway for the Tobu Isesaki Line, Teito Rapid Transit Authority Hibiya Line, and Teito Rapid Transit Authority Chiyoda Line was established on the north side.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武伊勢崎線・営団地下鉄日比谷線と営団地下鉄千代田線の連絡通路を北側に新設。
1980
12月15日
Additional stairs were installed to connect the Tobu Line and the Chiyoda Line.
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東武線と千代田線の連絡階段を増設。
1981
4月8日
The handling of freight on the JNR line was abolished.
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国鉄線の貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1985
3月14日
With the JNR timetable revision, all regular trains stopped, and luggage handling was abolished.
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国鉄ダイヤ改正に伴い、全普通列車が停車。荷物の扱いを廃止。
1985
3月28日
The station building "Kita-Senju Wise" (now Lumine Kita-Senju) opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅ビル「北千住ウイズ」（現・ルミネ北千住）が開業。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化に伴い、国鉄の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1990
12月23日
The platforms for the Tobu Isesaki Line and the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Hibiya Line were widened, with the up platform being 14 meters wide and the down platform being 10 meters wide.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武伊勢崎線・営団地下鉄日比谷線のホームを拡幅。上りホームが幅員14メートル、下りホームが幅員10メートルとなる。
1992
4月
The station improvement work for the Tobu Isesaki Line and the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Hibiya Line began.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武伊勢崎線・営団地下鉄日比谷線の駅改良工事が着工。
1993
8月28日
JR East installed automatic ticket gates at its stations and began operation.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本の駅に自動改札機を設置し、供用を開始。
1996
2月29日
Three escalators connecting the 2nd floor concourse and ticket gates with the platforms on the Asakusa side of the Tobu Isesaki Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line were newly installed and put into service, and the former 2nd floor concourse and staircase were closed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武伊勢崎線・営団地下鉄日比谷線の浅草寄りに2階コンコースと改札口およびホームとを結ぶエスカレーター3基を新設し、供用を開始。従来の2階コンコースと階段を閉鎖。
1996
7月23日
The third-floor platform of the Tobu Isesaki Line and Teito Rapid Transit Authority Hibiya Line began operation as a temporary 2-face 2-line platform, and a transfer passageway to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Chiyoda Line was newly established on the south side.
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東武伊勢崎線・営団地下鉄日比谷線の3階ホームが暫定2面2線で使用を開始。営団地下鉄千代田線との連絡通路を南側に新設。
1996
10月1日
One escalator was installed from each of the upper and lower platforms of the Tobu Isesaki Line on the first floor to the second-floor concourse, and one escalator was installed from the lower platform of the Tobu Isesaki Line on the first floor to the underground passage of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Chiyoda Line.
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東武伊勢崎線1階上りホーム・下りホームから2階コンコースにエスカレーターを各1基、東武伊勢崎線1階下りホームから営団地下鉄千代田線地下通路へエスカレーターを1基設置。
1996
12月11日
The third-floor platform of the Tobu Isesaki Line and Teito Rapid Transit Authority Hibiya Line became 2 sides with 3 tracks, and an escalator was installed from the second-floor concourse to the third-floor down platform.
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東武伊勢崎線・営団地下鉄日比谷線の3階ホームが2面3線となる。2階コンコースから3階下りホームへのエスカレーターを1基設置。
1997
A limited express exclusive platform was newly established on the first floor down platform of the Tobu Isesaki Line, and all paid limited express and express trains began to stop.
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東武伊勢崎線の1階下りホームに特急専用ホームを新設。有料特急・急行が全列車停車するようになる。
1997
3月25日
The station improvement work on the Tobu Isesaki Line and Teito Rapid Transit Authority Hibiya Line was completed, with the first-floor platform becoming 2 sides and 4 tracks.
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東武伊勢崎線・営団地下鉄日比谷線の駅改良工事が竣工。1階ホームが2面4線となる。
2001
11月18日
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2004
4月1日
With the privatization of Teito Kōsoku Denki Tetsudō (Eidan Subway), the stations on the Hibiya Line and Chiyoda Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
帝都高速度交通営団（営団地下鉄）民営化に伴い、日比谷線・千代田線の駅は東京地下鉄（東京メトロ）に継承される。
2005
JR and Tobu began using the south ticket gate, and the same two companies along with Tokyo Metro (Chiyoda Line) started using the Nakamachi-side exit.
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JR・東武が南改札を、同2社と東京メトロ（千代田線）が仲町方面出口を供用開始。
2005
Tsukuba Express stations of the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company opened.
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首都圏新都市鉄道つくばエクスプレスの駅が開業。
2006
3月18日
With the revision of the Tobu Railway timetable, a section train was set up on the section between this station and Asakusa Station, and a new passing track was built on the Komagome side.
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東武鉄道のダイヤ改正に伴い、当駅 - 浅草駅間の区間列車が設定される。これに伴い、小菅寄りに引き上げ線が新たに造られた。
2007
3月18日
IC card "PASMO" becomes available for use on Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Tsukuba Express.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武鉄道・東京メトロ・首都圏新都市鉄道でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2008
3月15日
Direct operation of the Odakyu Romancecar on the Chiyoda Line began.
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小田急ロマンスカーの千代田線への直通運転が開始される。
2010
12月1日
Tobu Railway introduced departure melodies at its stations.
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東武鉄道の駅に発車メロディを導入。
2012
4月
The east exit introduced a sub-name, Den-dai-guchi.
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東口に副名称として電大口を導入。
2015
3月14日
The station became a stop on the Joban Line's Special Rapid service due to the JR East timetable revision accompanying the opening of the Ueno-Tokyo Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
上野東京ラインの開業に伴うJR東日本のダイヤ改正により、常磐線特別快速の停車駅となる。
2017
12月14日
The in-station commercial facility "EQUiA Kita-Senju" opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅ナカ商業施設「EQUiA北千住」がオープン。
2020
3月31日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2020
10月29日
The station-naka share office "STATION BOOTH" opened outside the south ticket gate of JR East.
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JR東日本の南改札外に駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION BOOTH」が開業。
2021
3月14日
Tobu Railway began using platform doors on its 5-7 platforms.
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東武鉄道の5 - 7番線でホームドアの使用を開始。
2022
2月1日
Ticket vending machines with voice guidance were introduced and Midori-no-Madoguchi became temporary ticket counters.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
話せる指定席券売機を導入。みどりの窓口が臨時窓口化。
2024
4月26日
Tokyo Metro ended sales of its regular tickets at its ticket counters.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東京メトロの定期券うりばの営業を終了。
2024
10月1日
The Midori-no-Madoguchi was once again made a permanent ticket counter.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
みどりの窓口が再び常設窓口化。
2025
10月1日
JR East started the Eki-net Q-Chike service.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本でえきねっとQチケのサービスを開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHIYODA LINE)
1
代々木上原 · 伊勢原
2
北綾瀬 · 我孫子 · 取手
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
PLATFORM LAYOUT (HIBIYA LINE)
Platform assignment not documented for this line yet
PLATFORM LAYOUT (JŌBAN LINE (RAPID))
1
Down
松戸 · 柏 · 成田
2・3
Up
日暮里 · 上野 · 東京
↕ Platforms 1, 2, 3 serve this line
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TS TOBU SKYTREE LINE)
Platform assignment not documented for this line yet
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TSUKUBA EXPRESS (TX))
1
Down
つくば
2
Up
秋葉原
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
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Kita-Senju Station FAQ
What train lines connect at Kita-Senju Station?
Kita-Senju Station is served by Chiyoda Line, Hibiya Line, Jōban Line (Rapid), TS Tobu Skytree Line, Tsukuba Express (TX).
What are the major landmarks near Kita-Senju Station?
Key landmarks accessible from this station include: Sumida River, Senju Post Town.