Myōjin Station

Myōjin Station 明神駅
Myōjin Station entrance in February 2007
Location	329 Myōjin, Nikkō, Tochigi （栃木県日光市明神883） Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Nikko Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Station code	TN-22
History
Opened	1929
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	284 daily

Myōjin Station (明神駅 Myōjin-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Nikko Line in Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-22".

Lines

Myōjin Station is served by the Tobu Nikko Line, and is 81.3 km from the starting point of the line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected to the station entrance by a footbridge.

Station platforms, October 2012

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tobu Nikko Line
Shimo-Goshiro		Local		Shimo-Imaichi

History

Myōjin Station opened on 1 November 1929.^[1] It became unstaffed from 1 September 1973.^[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Myōjin Station becoming "TN-22".^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 284 passengers daily.^[3] >

Surrounding area

• Imaichi Myōjin Post Office

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

• Myōjin Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°40′35″N 139°42′44″E / 36.6765°N 139.7122°E