Shin-Tochigi Station

Shin-Tochigi Station
新栃木駅
Shin-Tochigi platforms, March 2009
Location
Prefecture Tochigi
(See other stations in Tochigi)
City Tochigi
(in Japanese)栃木市平柳町1-8-18
History
Year opened 1929
Rail services
Station number(s) TN-12
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Nikko Line
Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Statistics 3,519 passengers/day (FY2011)

Shin-Tochigi Station (新栃木駅 Shin Tochigi-eki) is a railway station in Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Lines

Shin-Tochigi Station is served by the Tobu Nikko Line, and also forms the starting point of the Tobu Utsunomiya Line. It is located 47.9 km from the starting point of the Tobu Nikko Line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.[1]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Nikko Line
Tochigi   Limited Express Spacia   Shin-Kanuma
Tochigi   Rapid   Shin-Kanuma
Tochigi   Section Rapid   Kassemba
Tochigi   Section Express   Terminus
Tochigi   Local   Kassemba
Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Terminus   Local   Yashū-Hirakawa

History

Shin-Tochigi Station opened on 1 April 1929.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Shin-Tochigi Station becoming "TN-12".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 3,519 passengers daily.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生! あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

External links

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Coordinates: 36°23′24″N 139°44′30″E / 36.3901°N 139.7417°E