Shinozuka Station

Shinozuka Station (篠塚駅, Shinozuka-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Ōra, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is numbered "TI-43".

TI43 Shinozuka Station 篠塚駅
Shinozuka Station in December 2014
General information
Location	3995-3 Shinozuka, Ōra-machi, Ōra-gun, Gunma-ken 370-0615 Japan
Coordinates	36°15′25″N 139°26′45″E
Operated by	Tōbu Railway
Line(s)	Tōbu Koizumi Line
Distance	9.2 km from Tatebayashi
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Station code	TI-43
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 12, 1917
Passengers
FY2019	213 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Hon-Nakano TI42 towards Tatebayashi Koizumi Line Higashi-Koizumi TI44 towards Nishi-Koizumi
Location Koi Shinozuka zumimachi Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Koi Shinozuka zumimachi Station Koi Shinozuka zumimachi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Shinozuka Station is served by the Tōbu Koizumi Line, and is located 9.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tatebayashi.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving traffic in both directions.

History

The old station structure that was used until 2006

Shinozuka Station was opened as a station of the Koizumi Line operated by Jōshū Railway company on March 12, 1917. The Koizumi Line was purchased by Tōbu Railway in 1937. A new station building was built in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

From March 17, 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Shinozuka Station becoming "TI-43".^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 213 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

• National Route 354
• Nagara Jinja
• Daishin-ji Temple

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 「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 22 October 2013.
2. 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Shinozuka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Tobu station information (in Japanese)