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Kinugawa-Kōen Station
Kinugawa-Kōen Station (鬼怒川公園駅, Kinugawa-Kōen-eki, lit. "Kinugawa Park Station") is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-57".

Lines

Kinugawa-Kōen Station is served by the Tobu Kinugawa Line, and is 14.5 km from the starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks, connected to the station entrance by a footbridge.

Platforms

1 ■ Tobu Kinugawa Line for Shimo-Imaichi
2 ■ Tobu Kinugawa Line for Shin-Fujiwara
3 ■ Tobu Kinugawa Line for Shimo-Imaichi

History

Kinugawa-Kōen Station opened in May 1939. The station was closed from 25 October 1944 to 1 September 1950. It was closed again from 1 December 1961 to 10 December 1962.

A new station building was completed in 2006.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kinugawa-Kōen Station becoming "TN-56". It was renumbered "TN-57" on 21 April 2017 ahead of the opening of Tobu World Square Station (TN-55) in July 2017.

Surrounding area

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 249 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ Sugizaki, Yukiyasu (22 July 2015). 東武鉄道 各駅停車 [Tobu Railway - Stopping at Every Station] (in Japanese). Japan: Yosensha Publishing Co., Ltd. p. 117. ISBN 978-4-8003-0682-1.
  3. ^ 東武鉄道の世界 [The World of Tobu Railway] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 8 April 2015. p. 112. ISBN 978-4-330-54215-7.
  4. ^ 「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. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ^ 東武鬼怒川線新駅「東武ワールドスクウェア」の開業日を７月２２日（土）に決定しました！ [New Tobu World Square Station on Tobu Kinugawa Line to open on 22 July 2017] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 28 February 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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