Shin-Fujiwara Station

Shin-Fujiwara Station
新藤原駅

Shin-Fujiwara Station in October 2008
Location 399-28 Fujiwara, Nikkō, Tochigi
(栃木県日光市藤原399-28)
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station code TN-57
History
Opened 1919
Previous names Fujiwara (until 1922)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 904 daily

Shin-Fujiwara Station (新藤原駅 Shin-Fujiwara-eki, lit. "New Fujiwara Station") is a railway station in Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, jointly operated by the private railway operators Yagan Railway and Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-23" in the Tobu Railway system.

Lines

Shin-Fujiwara Station is a terminal station on the Tobu Kinugawa Line, and is located 16.2 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi Station. It is also a terminus for the Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line and is located 30.7 kilometers from the opposing terminal at Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Station.

Station layout

Shin-Fujiwara Station has two island platforms serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing.

Platforms

1  Tobu Kinugawa Line for Shimo-Imaichi
2-4  Aizu Kinugawa Line for Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line
Terminus Local Ryūōkyō
Tobu Kinugawa Line
Kinugawa-Kōen Local Terminus

History

The station opened on 28 December 1919 as Fujiwara Station (藤原駅).[1] It was relocated to its current location and renamed Shin-Fujiwara on 19 March 1922.[1] Tobu Railway connected to this station from 1 May 1943.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Shin-Fujiwara Station becoming "TN-57".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 904 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1 2 3 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°51′09″N 139°43′58″E / 36.8526°N 139.7328°E / 36.8526; 139.7328

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