Ishibashi Station (Tochigi)

Ishibashi Station
石橋駅

Ishibashi Station, January 2005
Location 240 Ishibashi, Shimotsuke, Tochigi
(栃木県下野市石橋240)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1885
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 4,802 daily[1]

Ishibashi Station (石橋駅 Ishibashi-eki) is a railway station on the Utsunomiya Line in Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ishibashi Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and is 95.4 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo. Through services to and from the Tokaido Line and Yokosuka Line are also provided via the Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line.

Station layout

This station has an elevated station building, located above two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1  Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso
 Shonan-Shinjuku Line for Utsunomiya
2  Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Ōmiya, and Ueno
 Shonan-Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Zushi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Utsunomiya Line
Jichi-Idai   Commuter Rapid   Suzumenomiya
Jichi-Idai   Rapid   Suzumenomiya
Jichi-Idai   Local   Suzumenomiya

History

Ishibashi Station opened on 16 July 1895.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [FY2014 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. JR East station information. Retrieved on 27 February 2009. (Japanese)

External links

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Coordinates: 36°26′11″N 139°52′00″E / 36.43639°N 139.86667°E / 36.43639; 139.86667

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