History
Takesato Station opened on 20 December 1899 as a temporary stop on the Tōbu Railway. It was relocated to its present position in 1913, and a footbridge-style overhead station building entered service in 1969. Four elevators began operating on 24 March 2008, and departure melodies were introduced on 8 December 2011. The 16 March 2013 timetable change ended daytime semi-rapid service through Kasukabe, so daytime trains through Takesato came to consist of Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line through services only, with Asakusa-bound services confined to morning and evening hours.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Takesato's daily ridership crested above 20,000 in the late 1980s but has fallen steadily ever since, slipping below the neighbouring Ichinowari station in fiscal 2002.