Minami-Senju Station (南千住駅) is a station in Arakawa, Tokyo. East Japan Railway Company, Tokyo Metro and Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company run services through it. It serves the Hibiya Line, the Jōban Line (Rapid) and the Tsukuba Express. It opened on 25 December 1896.
History
Minami-Senju Station opened on 25 December 1896 as a Nippon Railway station. On 1 November 1906, the Nippon Railway was nationalised, and the station became part of the state railway. On 12 October 1909, a track naming decision placed it on the Jōban Line (常磐線).
On 1 June 1949, the Japanese National Railways was formed. On 28 March 1961, a Teito Rapid Transit Authority station opened on the Hibiya Line. On 31 May 1962, the Hibiya Line was extended from Kita-Senju to Minami-Senju, and the Teito Rapid Transit Authority station became a middle station. On 1 October 1964, parcel handling ended. On 20 April 1971, the slow lines began through-running with the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Chiyoda Line, and the national railway station became a stop for rapid trains. On 1 July 1974, a Midori no Madoguchi ticket window opened.
On 1 April 1987, the national railway was split up and privatised, and the station became part of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On 13 March 1988, ordinary middle-distance trains began stopping here during the daytime. On 18 November 2001, Suica became usable on JR East.
On 24 August 2005, the Tsukuba Express station opened. On 13 March 2006, ordinary middle-distance trains began stopping at every station here, except the commuter rapid and special rapid trains. On 1 April 2006, the Teito Rapid Transit Authority was privatised, and the Hibiya Line station passed to Tokyo Metro. On 18 March 2007, PASMO became usable on Tokyo Metro and the Tsukuba Express. On 12 November 2008, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, and King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain got off at this station. On the way there they had used the Jōban Line.
On 2 August 2010, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko used this station on their return trip. On 31 August 2011, the Midori no Madoguchi ticket window closed. On 17 February 2015, a solar power system was installed at the Hibiya Line station. On 7 February 2020, a departure melody began on the Hibiya Line platform. On 1 October 2025, Eki-net Q Ticket service started on JR East.
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