Kinugawa-Kōen Station

Kinugawa-Kōen Station
鬼怒川公園駅

Kinugawa-Kōen Station in October 2008
Location 19 Fujiwara, Nikkō, Tochigi
(栃木県日光市藤原19)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Nikko Line
Other information
Station code TN-56
History
Opened 1939
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 315 daily

Kinugawa-Kōen Station (鬼怒川公園駅 Kinugawa-Kōen-eki, lit. "Kinugawa Park Station") is a railway station on the Tobu Kinugawa Line in Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-56".

Lines

Kinugawa-Kōen Station is served by the Tobu Kinugawa Line, and is 14.5 km from the starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, connected to the station entrance by a footbridge.

Platforms

1  Tobu Kinugawa Line for Shimo-Imaichi
2  Tobu Kinugawa Line for Shin-Fujiwara
3  Tobu Kinugawa Line for Shimo-Imaichi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Kinugawa Line
Kinugawa-Onsen - Shin-Fujiwara

History

Kinugawa-Kōen Station opened in 1939.[1] The station was closed from 25 October 1944 to 1 September 1950.[1] It was closed again from 1 December 1961 to 10 December 1962.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kinugawa-Kōen Station becoming "TN-56".[2]

Surrounding area

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 315 passengers daily.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). 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 15 August 2015.

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Coordinates: 36°50′27″N 139°43′22″E / 36.8409°N 139.7228°E / 36.8409; 139.7228

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