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".

TN57 Kinugawa-Kōen Station 鬼怒川公園駅
Kinugawa-Kōen Station in August 2021
General information
Location	19 Fujiwara, Nikkō-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-2521 Japan
Coordinates	36.8409°N 139.7228°E / 36.8409; 139.7228
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TN Tobu Kinugawa Line
Distance	14.5 km from Shimo-Imaichi
Platforms	1 side platform + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	TN-57
Website	Official website
History
Opened	May 1939
Rebuilt	2006
Passengers
FY2019	249 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Kinugawa-Onsen TN56 towards Asakusa Aizu Shin-Fujiwara TN58 Terminus Kinugawa-Onsen TN56 towards Shimo-Imaichi Kinugawa Line
Location Kinugawa-Kōen Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Kinugawa-Kōen Station Kinugawa-Kōen Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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.^[1]

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.^[2] The station was closed from 25 October 1944 to 1 September 1950.^[1] It was closed again from 1 December 1961 to 10 December 1962.^[1]

A new station building was completed in 2006.^[3]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kinugawa-Kōen Station becoming "TN-56".^[4] It was renumbered "TN-57" on 21 April 2017 ahead of the opening of Tobu World Square Station (TN-55) in July 2017.^[5]

Surrounding area

• National Route 121
• Kinugawa River
• Kinugawa Onsen
• Kinugawa Park
• Kinugawa Onsen Ropeway

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 249 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)