is a railway station in Sumida, Tokyo

Sumida, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It calls itself Sumida City in English.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 240,296 and a density of 17,480 persons per km²...

, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway

Tobu Railway

is a Japanese commuter railway company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. It operates in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, and Gunma Prefectures...

.

Lines

Narihirabashi Station is served by the Tōbu Isesaki Line from , and is 1.1 km from Asakusa.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 serving two tracks.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station first opened on 1 April 1902 as . The station closed from 5 April 1904, but reopened on 1 March 1908. On 1 March 1910, the station was renamed . On 25 May 1931, this was renamed Narihirabashi Station.

Narihirabashi Station will be rebuilt and renamed in March 2012, ahead of the opening of the Tokyo Sky Tree and adjoining Sky Tree Town shopping and office complex on 22 May 2012. From this date, all up limited express (Spacia

Tōbu 100 series

The , branded , is a limited express EMU type operated by Tōbu Railway in Japan since 1990. The trains are used on Kegon and Kinu services to Nikkō and Kinugawa-Onsen.-History:...

, Ryōmō, and Shimotsuke) services and four down Spacia Kinu services will stop at the station.

Surrounding area

• Tobu Railway Head Office
• Oshiage Station
  Oshiage Station
  Oshiage Station is a train station located at the Oshiage-eki-mae intersection of Metropolitan Routes 453 and 465 in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan...
  
   (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line
  Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
  The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro located in Tokyo, Japan.-Overview:The 16.8 km line serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chiyoda, Chūō, Kōtō and Sumida. Hanzōmon Line trains run through onto the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line from Shibuya Station and the Tōbu Isesaki Line from...
  
  ) (approximately 10 minutes' walk)
• Honjo-azumabashi Station
  Honjo-azumabashi Station
  is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. It is located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. Its number is A-19....
  
   (Toei Asakusa Line)
• Tokyo Sky Tree

External links

• Tobu station information