Takenotsuka Station

TS14
Takenotsuka Station

竹ノ塚駅
TS14; Takenotsuka Station; 竹ノ塚駅
	The east entrance of Takenotsuka Station, March 2022
General information
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.

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. There are two additional tracks that are used by trains skipping this stop.

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 Sōka, Kita-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki Tōbu Nikkō Line for 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]

^ ^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.