Tokyo Skytree Station

Tokyo Skytree Station (とうきょうスカイツリー駅) is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. It is adjacent to the Tokyo Skytree and Skytree Town redevelopment, and was formerly known as Narihirabashi Station.

Lines
Tokyo Skytree Station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa, and is 1.1 km from the line's Asakusa terminus.

Station layout
The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks.

Adjacent stations
All kinds of the limited express excluding Skytree Liner and Urban Park Liner stop at Hikifune Station as the next or previous station at only the morning and evening. At the noon, all of the limited express except Skytree Liner and Urban Park Liner stop at Kita-Senju Station as the next or previous station.

History
The station first opened on 1 April 1902 as Azumabashi Station (吾妻橋駅). The station closed from 5 April 1904, but reopened on 1 March 1908. On 1 March 1910, the station was renamed Asakusa Station (浅草駅). On 25 May 1931, this was renamed Narihirabashi Station (業平橋駅).

Redevelopment and renaming
Narihirabashi Station was renamed Tokyo Skytree Station from 17 March 2012, ahead of the opening of the Tokyo Skytree and adjoining Skytree Town shopping and office complex on 22 May 2012. From this date, all up limited express (Spacia, Ryōmō, and Shimotsuke) services and four down Spacia Kinu services stop at the station. The rebuilt and enlarged station was opened on 20 April 2012, with the concourse area increased from approximately 60 m2 to 700 m2.

From the same day, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Tokyo Skytree Station becoming "TS-02".

On the 27 November 2022 a new elevated platform was opened for southbound trains headed for Asakusa Station. This is part of the 2017-2024 project of elevating the tracks in order to eliminate a level crossing to the east of the SkyTree complex. The station is being elevated and relocated 150 meters to the east. Instead of one island platform with two tracks, the new station will have 3 tracks, an island platform and a side platform.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 105,199 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

 * Tokyo Skytree
 * Sumida Aquarium
 * Tobu Railway Head Office

Other stations

 * Oshiage Station (Subway TokyoHanzomon.png Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line) (approximately 10 minutes' walk and 1 stop away on the railway)
 * Honjo-azumabashi Station (Subway TokyoAsakusa.png Toei Asakusa Line)