Kurihashi Station
TN04 Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The west side of Kurihashi Station in December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Kurihashi, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken 349-1101 (JR East) 1202-2 Izaka, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken (Tobu) Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°8′12.4584″N 139°41′39.15″E / 36.136794000°N 139.6942083°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 57.3 km from Tokyo (JR East) 13.9 km from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform (JR East) 1 island platform (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TN-04 (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 July 1885 1 April 1929 (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 12,297 daily (JR East) 11,628 daily (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kurihashi Station (栗橋駅, Kurihashi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
Lines
[edit]Kurihashi Station is served by the Tōbu Nikkō Line, and is 13.9 km from the starting point of the Nikko Line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.[1] It is also a station on the JR East Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and is 57.3 km from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station. There is a track linking the Tōbu and JR lines, used by the through-running Nikkō and Kinugawa services. The linking track has a pair of small platforms for crew changes, but no passenger facilities.
Station layout
[edit]JR East station
[edit]The JR East station consists of one island platform and one side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line)
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| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) | |
| 3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
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Tōbu Railway station
[edit]The Tōbu Railway station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Tōbu Nikkō Line | for Minami-Kurihashi , Kita-Senju, and Asakusa |
| 2 | ■ Tōbu Nikkō Line | for Shin-Tochigi, and Tōbu Nikkō |
History
[edit]The JR East Tōhoku Line (Utsunomiya Line) station opened on 16 July 1885. The Tōbu station opened on 1 April 1929.[1]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kurihashi Station becoming "TN-04".[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 12,427 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] In fiscal 2019, the Tobu portion of the station was used by an average of 11,628 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Kurihashi Post Office
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 「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 11 November 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Kurihashi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Kurihayashi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Kurihashi Station information Archived 2019-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (Tobu) (in Japanese)