Esojima Station

Esojima Station 江曽島駅
Esojima Station east exit in February 2010
Location	2-12-31 Yamato, Utsunomiya, Tochigi （栃木県都宮市大和二丁目12-31） Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Other information
Station code	TN-38
History
Opened	1944
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	2347 daily

Esojima Station (江曽島駅 Esojima-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-38".

Lines

Esojima Station is served by the Tobu Utsunomiya Line, and is 20.3 km from the starting point of the line at Shin-Tochigi.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform with an elevated station building located above the tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line	for Tōbu Utsunomiya
2	■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line	for Tochigi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōbu Utsunomiya Line
Omocha-no-Machi		Limited Express Shimotsuke		Tōbu Utsunomiya
Nishi-Kawada		-	Minami-Utsunomiya

History

Esojima Station opened on 1 July 1944. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Esojima Station becoming "TN-39".^[1]

Surrounding area

• Utsunomiya Hospital

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 「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 27 May 2015.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°31′52″N 139°51′38″E / 36.5312°N 139.8606°E