Itaga Station

Itaga Station 板荷駅
Itaga Station in May 2011
Location	222 Itaga, Kanuma, Tochigi （栃木県鹿沼市板荷222） Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Nikko Line
Other information
Station code	TN-20
History
Opened	1929
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	104 daily

Itaga Station (板荷駅 Itaga-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Nikko Line in Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-20".

Lines

Itaga Station platforms and footbridge, May 2011

Itaga Station is served by the Tobu Nikko Line, and is 74.9 km from the starting point of the line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.^[1]

Station layout

The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Tobu Nikko Line	for Shin-Tochigi and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
2	■ Tobu Nikko Line	for Tōbu-Nikkō

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tobu Nikko Line
Kita-Kanuma		Local		Shimo-Goshiro

History

Itaga Station opened on 7 July 1929.^[1] The platforms were lengthened in 2006.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Itaga Station becoming "TN-20".^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 104 passengers daily.^[3] >

Surrounding area

Itaga Station is located in a rural area south of the center of former Itaga Village

• Kanuma City Itaga Cultural Center

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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 15 August 2015.
3. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

External links

• Itaga Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°37′12″N 139°42′28″E / 36.62000°N 139.70778°E