Shin-Takatoku Station

Shin-Takatoku Station
新高徳駅

Shin-Takatoku station building in October 2008
Location 465 Takatoku, Nikkō, Tochigi
(日光市高徳465)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Kinugawa Line
Other information
Station code TN-53
History
Opened 1917
Previous names Takatoku
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 397 daily

Shin-Takatoku Station (新高徳駅 Shin-Takatoku-eki, lit. "New-Takatoku Station") 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-53".

Lines

Shin-Takatoku Station is served by the Tobu Kinugawa Line, with direct services to and from Asakusa in Tokyo, and lies 7.3 km from the starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi.[1]

The station was formerly also the terminus of the 23.5 km Tobu Yaita Line, which operated from Yaita on the Tohoku Main Line between 1 March 1924 and 30 June 1959.[2]

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, 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
Ōkuwa - Kosagoe

History

The station opened on 1 November 1917 as Takatoku Station (高徳駅).[1] It was renamed Takatoku on 22 October 1929.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on Tobu lines, with Shin-Takatoku Station becoming "TN-53".[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 397 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

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. Hanai, Masahiro (April 1998). "東北本線沿線に失われた私鉄の接続駅を訪ねる1 東武鉄道矢板線" [Visiting Lost Private Railway Interchange Stations on the Tohoku Main Line (1): Tobu Yaita Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 444 (Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd.). pp. 76–81.
  3. 「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 11 April 2015.

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Coordinates: 36°46′47″N 139°42′39″E / 36.7796°N 139.7107°E / 36.7796; 139.7107

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