Kinugawa–Onsen Station

Kinugawa-Onsen Station (鬼怒川温泉駅, Kinugawa-Onsen-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-56".

TN56 Kinugawa-Onsen Station 鬼怒川温泉駅
Kinugawa-Onsen Station in August 2017
General information
Location	1390 Kinugawa-Onsen Ohara, Nikkō-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-2522 Japan
Coordinates	36.8227°N 139.7163°E / 36.8227; 139.7163
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TN Tobu Kinugawa Line
Distance	12.4 km from Shimo-Imaichi
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Station code	TN-56
Website	Official website
History
Opened	17 March 1919
Previous names	Otaki; Shimotaki (until 1927)
Passengers
FY2019	2,731 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Tobu World Square TN55 towards Shinjuku Kinugawa Terminus Tobu World Square TN55 towards Asakusa Spacia X Kinu Aizu Kinugawa-Kōen TN57 towards Shin-Fujiwara Tobu World Square TN55 towards Shimo-Imaichi SL Taiju Terminus Tobu World Square TN55 towards Shimo-Imaichi Kinugawa Line Kinugawa-Kōen TN57 towards Shin-Fujiwara
Location Kinugawa-Onsen Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Kinugawa-Onsen Station Kinugawa-Onsen Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kinugawa–Onsen Station is served by the Tobu Kinugawa Line, with direct services to and from Asakusa and Shinjuku in Tokyo, and is 12.4 km from the starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Tobu Kinugawa Line	for Shimo-Imaichi (starting trains only)
2	■ Tobu Kinugawa Line	for Shimo-Imaichi for Shin-Fujiwara
3	■ Tobu Kinugawa Line	for Shin-Fujiwara
4	■ Tobu Kinugawa Line	for Shimo-Imaichi

History

The station in October 2008

The station opened on 17 March 1919 as Shimo-Taki Station (下滝駅). It was renamed Otaki Station (大滝駅) on 19 March 1922, and Kinugawa-Onsen on 19 February 1927.^[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kinugawa–Onsen Station becoming "TN-55".^[2] It was renumbered "TN-56" on 21 April 2017 ahead of the opening of Tobu World Square Station (TN-55) in July 2017.^[3]

A turntable was installed next to the station during 2016 for turning the steam locomotive to be used on steam-hauled tourist trains operating between Shimo-Imaichi and Kinugawa-Onsen from summer 2017.^[4] The turntable was acquired from the JR West Miyoshi Station in Hiroshima Prefecture.^[4]

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  The spur leading to the turntable in August 2017
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  The turntable in August 2017

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2731 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[5]

Surrounding area

The public ashiyu footbath in front of the station in August 2017

• Kinugawa River
• Kinugawa Onsen hot spring area
• Tobu World Square theme park
• Kinugawa Onsen Post Office
• National Route 120
• National Route 121

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. 「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 27 May 2015.
3. 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.
4. 蒸気機関車（ＳＬ）復活運転の車両・施設計画概要について [Details of rolling stock and facilities planned for steam locomotive operation] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original (pdf) on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
5. 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)