Tōbu Nikkō Station

For the JR East station, see Nikkō Station.
Tōbu-Nikkō Station
東武日光駅

Tōbu Nikkō Station, October 2008
Location 4-3 Matsubara-chō, Nikkō, Tochigi
（日光市松原町4-3）
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Nikko Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station code TN-25
History
Opened 1929
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 3,105 daily

Tōbu-Nikkō Station (東武日光駅 Tōbu-Nikkō -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-25".

Lines

Tōbu-Nikkō Station is the terminus of the Tōbu Nikkō Line, and is located 94.5 km from the opposing terminus of the Nikko Line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station.[1] The station is served by all-stations "Local" services from Shin-Tochigi, as well as direct Limited express Spacia and limited-stop "Rapid" and "Section Rapid" services from the Asakusa terminal in Tokyo.[2]

Station layout

Tōbu-Nikkō Station concourse and ticket barriers, October 2008

The station has five terminating platforms, numbered 1 to 2 and 4 to 6.

Adjacent stations

Sign on the platform
« Service »
Tobu Nikko Line (TN-25)
Shimo-Imaichi (TN-23)   Limited Express Spacia   Terminus
Shimo-Imaichi (TN-23)   Rapid   Terminus
Kami-Imaichi (TN-24)   Section Rapid   Terminus
Kami-Imaichi (TN-24)   Local   Terminus

History

Tōbu-Nikkō Station opened on 1 October 1929.[1] The current station building was completed in October 1997.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on Tobu lines, with Tōbu-Nikkō Station becoming "TN-25".[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 3,105 passengers daily.[4] >

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ 2013 Tobu Timetable, published March 2013
  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 8 June 2013.
  4. ↑ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

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Coordinates: 36°44′53″N 139°37′12″E / 36.748056°N 139.62008°E / 36.748056; 139.62008

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