Kosagoe Station

Kosagoe Station
小佐越駅

Kosagoe Station in October 2008
Location 29 Kinugawa-Onsen Ohara, Nikkō, Tochigi
(栃木県日光市鬼怒川温泉大原29)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Kinugawa Line
Other information
Station code TN-54
History
Opened 1924
Previous names Kosagoemae (until 1930)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 266 daily

Kosagoe Station (小佐越駅 Kosagoe-eki) 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-54".

Lines

Kosagoe Station is served by the Tobu Kinugawa Line, with direct services to and from Asakusa in Tokyo, and is 9.9 km from the starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi.[1]

Station layout

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

Platforms

1  Tobu Kinugawa Line for Shimo-Imaichi
2  Tobu Kinugawa Line for Kinugawa-Onsen

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Kinugawa Line
Limited Express Spacia Kinu: no stop
Limited Express Kinugawa: no stop
Shin-Takatoku   Section Rapid   Kinugawa-Onsen
Shin-Takatoku   Local   Kinugawa-Onsen

History

The station opened on 11 November 1924 as Kosagoemae Station (小佐越前駅).[1] It was renamed Kosagoe on 6 July 1930.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kosagoe Station becoming "TN-54".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 266 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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 27 May 2015.

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Coordinates: 36°48′08″N 139°42′23″E / 36.8021°N 139.7064°E / 36.8021; 139.7064

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