Tenkūbashi Station

Tenkūbashi Station (天空橋駅, Tenkūbashi-eki) is a railway station in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by Tokyo Monorail and the private railway operator Keikyu. It is named after a nearby pedestrian bridge that was completed in 1993.

KK15 MO07
Tenkūbashi Station

天空橋駅
The Keikyu Station entrance in June 2007
General information
Location1-1-2 Haneda Kūkō, Ōta-ku, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35.5491°N 139.7541°E / 35.5491; 139.7541
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station code
  • KK15 (Keikyu)
  • MO07 (Tokyo Monorail)
History
Opened
  • 1 April 1993 (Keikyu)
  • 27 September 1993 (Tokyo Monorail)
Previous namesHaneda (until November 1998)
Services
Preceding station Following station
Haneda Airport Terminal 3
KK16
towards Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2
 Airport Line
Limited Express (Tokkyū)
Airport Express
Local
 Anamori-inari
KK14
towards Keikyū Kamata
Preceding station Tokyo Monorail Following station
Seibijō
MO06
towards Monorail Hamamatsuchō
 Haneda Airport Line
Local
 Haneda Airport Terminal 3
MO08
towards Haneda Airport Terminal 2
Location
Tenkūbashi Station is located in Tokyo
Tenkūbashi Station
Tenkūbashi Station
Location within Tokyo
Tenkūbashi Station is located in Japan
Tenkūbashi Station
Tenkūbashi Station
Tenkūbashi Station (Japan)

Lines

Tenkūbashi Station is served by the 6.5 km Keikyū Airport Line from Keikyū Kamata to Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2, and lies 3.3 km from the starting point of the line at Keikyū Kamata.[1] It is also served by the 17.8 km Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line from Monorail Hamamatsuchō in central Tokyo to Haneda Airport Terminal 2, and lies 12.6 km from the northern terminus of the line at Monorail Hamamatsuchō.[1] Only "Local" all-stations services stop at this station.

Station layout

Each of the Keikyu and Tokyo Monorail sections of the station has two side platforms serving two tracks. Both lines are underground.

  • The Keikyu platforms in November 2008
    The Keikyu platforms in November 2008
  • The Tokyo Monorail platforms in November 2019
    The Tokyo Monorail platforms in November 2019

History

The station replaced two earlier stations: the original Haneda Airport Station (羽田空港駅), which served as the southern terminal station of the Keikyu Airport Line from 1956 to 1991 (but was located a considerable distance from the terminal and only had local service to Kamata), and the former Tokyo Monorail Haneda Station (羽田駅), which opened on 17 September 1964 underneath the domestic terminal at Haneda Airport and was the main rapid transit access between Haneda and downtown Tokyo.

The new "Big Bird" domestic terminal at Haneda Airport opened on a new site in 1993, requiring an extension of both lines. Keikyu closed its airport access line in January 1991 and opened a new Haneda Station (羽田駅) at the present site of Tenkūbashi Station on 1 April 1993, which became the interim terminal for the Keikyu Airport Line.[1] The Tokyo Monorail was extended to the new terminal on 27 September 1993, and Haneda Station was concurrently relocated to the new Keikyu station site in order to allow transfers between the two lines. The station was renamed Tenkūbashi Station on 18 November 1998,[1] at the time of the Keikyu extension to Haneda Airport Station, in order to avoid confusion with the latter.[2]

Keikyu introduced station numbering to its stations on 21 October 2010; Tenkūbashi was assigned station number KK15.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the Keikyu station was used by an average of 18,613 passengers daily, and the Tokyo Monorail station was used by an average of 9,752 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 213, 233. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. 天空橋 見上げれば広がる青い空. Nikkei Shimbun. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. "京急線全駅にて駅ナンバリングを開始します" [Station numbering will be introduced to all stations on the Keikyu Line]. KEIKYU WEB. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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