Suzumenomiya Station

Suzumenomiya Station
雀宮駅

Suzumenomiya Station, May 2013
Location 1-19 Suzumenomiya, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
（栃木県宇都宮市雀の宮一丁目19）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1895
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 4,432 daily[1]

Suzumenomiya Station (雀宮駅 Suzumenomiya-eki) is a railway station on the Utsunomiya Line in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Suzumenomiya Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and is 101.8 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo. Through services to and from the Tokaido Line and Yokosuka Line are also provided via the Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line.

Station layout

This station has an elevated station building, located above one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. However, platform 2 is not in use. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso
2 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Ōmiya, and Ueno
■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line for Utsunomiya
for Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Zushi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Utsunomiya Line
Ishibashi   Commuter Rapid   Utsunomiya
Ishibashi   Rapid   Utsunomiya
Ishibashi   Local   Utsunomiya

History

Suzumenomiya Station opened on 16 July 1895.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The current station building was completed in March 2011.

Surrounding area

References

  1. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [FY2014 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ↑ JR East station information. Retrieved on 27 February 2009. (Japanese)

External links

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Coordinates: 36°29′37″N 139°52′36″E / 36.4937°N 139.8767°E / 36.4937; 139.8767

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