Kosuge Station

Railway station in Tokyo, Japan

Preceding station	Tobu Railway			Following station
Kita-Senju TS09 towards Asakusa		Skytree Line Local		Gotanno TS11 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen

Kosuge Station (小菅駅, Kosuge-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Lines

Kosuge Station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line, and lies 8.2 km from the Tokyo terminus of the line at Asakusa.^[1]

Station layout

The station has one island platform serving two tracks, with additional tracks on either side for non-stop trains.

Platforms

1	TS Tōbu Skytree Line	for Kita-Senju, Hikifune, and Asakusa Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ueno and Naka-meguro
2	TS Tōbu Skytree Line	for Kita-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi

Panorama shot of the platform, March 2014

History

Kosuge Station opened on 1 October 1924.^[1]

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kosuge → Kita Senju was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "Most Crowded Rush Hour Train Lines in Tokyo". Blog. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2024.