Takenotsuka Station

Takenotsuka Station

竹ノ塚駅
; Takenotsuka Station; 竹ノ塚駅
	New temporary Takenotsuka Station east entrance on the right, July 2019
Location	6-6-1 Takenotsuka, Adachi, Tokyo; （足立区竹の塚6-6-1）; Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Skytree Line
Other information
Station code	TS-14
History
Opened	1900
Services

Takenotsuka Station (竹ノ塚駅, Takenotsuka-eki) is a railway station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Station platforms, July 2015

Lines[]

Takenotsuka Station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line, and is located 13.4 km from the line's Tokyo terminus at Asakusa.^[1]

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks. Additional tracks are used by passing trains.

1	■ Tobu Skytree Line	for Kita-Senju, Asakusa, and Naka-Meguro (via Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
2	■ Tobu Skytree Line	for Sōka, Kita-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, Kuki, and Minami-Kurihashi

The station opened on 21 March 1900.^[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Takenotsuka Station becoming "TS-14".^[2]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 198. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2015.