Kumanomae Station Explained

Kumanomae Station
Native Name:	熊野前駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	3-37-6 Higashiogu, Arakawa, Tokyo
Country:	Japan
Platforms:	1 island platform (Nippori-Toneri Liner) 2 side platforms (Toden Akawara)
Tracks:	4 (2 for each line)
Structure:	Elevated (Nippori-Toneri Liner) At grade (Toden Arakawa)
Code:	NT-04 (Nippori-Toneri Liner), SA-09 (Toden Arakawa)
Map Type:	Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan

is a railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Lines

Kumanomae Station is served by the following two lines.

• Nippori-Toneri Liner
• Tokyo Sakura Tram

Station Layout

The Nippori-Toneri Liner elevated station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1913 as a tram stop on the Arakawa Line. The Nippori-Toneri Liner station opened on 30 March 2008 with the opening of the Nippori Toneri Liner.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced in November 2017 with Kumanomae receiving station number NT04 for the Nippori-Toneri Liner and SA09 for the Toden Arakawa Line.^[2]

Surrounding area

• Tokyo Metropolitan University Arakawa Campus
• Ogunohara Park
• Sumida River

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Toden Kumanomae Station
• Nippori Toneri Liner Kumanomae Station

35.749°N 139.7696°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: 13 November 2006 . 新交通システム「日暮里・舎人線」（仮称）路線名・駅名決定！ . New transportation system "Nippori-Toneri Line" (provisional name) route name and station name decided! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501062845/http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/newsevent/news/nippori_toneri/2006/ntl_p_200611132_h.html . 1 May 2008 . 26 December 2022 . kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp . ja.
2. Web site: 16 November 2017 . 東京さくらトラム（都電荒川線）及び日暮里・舎人ライナーに「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします . "Station numbering" will be introduced on the Tokyo Sakura Tram (Toden Arakawa Line) and the Nippori-Toneri Liner. . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174432/https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/pickup_information/news/pdf/2017/tdn_p_20171116_h_01.pdf . 19 January 2019 . 26 December 2022 . kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp . ja.