Operated by Tokyo Monorail
Keikyu Previous names Haneda (until 1998) Opened 1956 | Station code KK15 Address Japan | |
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Location 1-1-2 Haneda Kūkō, Ōta, Tokyo
（東京都大田区羽田空港1-1-2）
Japan Line(s) Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line
Keikyu Airport Line Similar Anamori‑inari Station, Shōwajima Station, Ōtorii Station, Shin‑Seibijō Station, Haneda Airport Internatio | ||
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.
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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 in 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 Tenkubashi in April 1993, which became the interim terminal for the Keikyu Airport Line. The Tokyo Monorail was extended to the new terminal in 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 in 1998, at the time of the Keikyu extension to Haneda Airport Station, in order to avoid confusion with the latter.
Lines
Tenkūbashi Station is 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. Only all-stations "Local" 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.
History
The Keikyu Airport Line station was originally opened in 1956 as Haneda Airport Station (not to be confused with the present Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal and Haneda Airport International Terminal stations) The Keikyu station was closed for major renovations on 26 September 1988 and reopened as Haneda Station (羽田駅) on 1 April 1993. The Tokyo Monorail station opened on 17 September 1964, and relocated to its present location on 27 September 1993. It was renamed Tenkūbashi Station on 18 November 1998.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the Tokyo Monorail station was used by an average of 9,752 passengers daily.