Tobu Nikkō Line

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Ltd Exp. Spacia Nikkō at JR Ōmiya Station

Tobu Nikkō Line (東武日光線, Tōbu Nikkō-sen^?) is a 94.5 kilometre railway line that branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in Miyashiro, Saitama on the Tobu Isesaki Line to Tobu Nikkō Station in Nikkō, Tochigi. It is operated by the Tobu Railway.

The Tobu Utsunomiya Line branches from this line at Shin-Tochigi Station in Tochigi, Tochigi.

The Tobu Kinugawa Line branches from Shimo-Imaichi Station in Nikkō city.

A connection with the JR-East Utsunomiya Line was built in March 2006 at Kurihashi Station in Kurihashi, Saitama. This allows through-operation of Limited Express Nikko and Kinugawa services to/from Omiya, Ikebukuro and Shinjuku.

There is a transfer with the JR-East Ryōmō Line at Tochigi Station in Tochigi city.

There is a transfer with the JR-East Nikkō Line at (JR) Nikkō Station, which is three minutes on foot from Tobu Nikkō Station.