Shin-Tochigi Station

Railway station in Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

TN12
Shin-Tochigi Station

新栃木駅

The station building in August 2021

General information
Location| 1-8-18 Hirayanagimachi, Tochigi-shi, Tochigi-ken 328-0012
Japan
Coordinates| 36°23′24″N 139°44′30″E﻿ / ﻿36.3901°N 139.7417°E﻿ / 36.3901; 139.7417
Operated by|  Tobu Railway
Line(s)|

* TN Tobu Nikko Line
* TN Tobu Utsunomiya Line

Distance| 47.9 km from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
Platforms| 1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks| 3
Other information
Station code| TN-12
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 1 April 1929
Passengers
FY2019| 4163 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  Tobu Railway | Following station

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Tochigi

TN11

towards Minami-Kurihashi

|  | Nikkō Line

Express

|  | Shin-Kanuma

TN18

towards Tōbu–Nikkō

Tochigi

TN11

towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen

|  | Nikkō Line

Local

|  | Kassemba

TN13

towards Tōbu–Nikkō

through to Nikkō Line |  | Utsunomiya Line |  | Yashū-Hirakawa

TN31

towards Tōbu-Utsunomiya

Location

Shin-Tochigi Station

Location within Tochigi Prefecture

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Shin-Tochigi Station

Shin-Tochigi Station (Japan)

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Shin-Tochigi Station (新栃木駅, Shin Tochigi-eki; lit. "New Tochigi Station") is a junction railway station in the city of Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-12".

## Lines

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Shin-Tochigi Station is served by the Tōbu Nikkō Line, and is also a terminal station of the Tōbu Utsunomiya Line. It is located 47.9 km from the starting point of the Tōbu Nikkō Line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen and is 24.3 km from the opposing terminus of the Tōbu Utsunomiya Line at Tōbu Utsunomiya[1]

## Station layout

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This station consists of one side platform and one island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

### Platforms

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1 | ■ Tōbu Nikkō Line | for Tōbu-Nikkō

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■ Tōbu Utsunomiya Line | for Tobu Utsunomiya
2, 3 | ■ Tōbu Nikkō Line | for Tochigi and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
for Tōbu-Nikkō
■ Tōbu Utsunomiya Line | for Tobu Utsunomiya

## History

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Shin-Tochigi Station opened on 1 April 1929.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Shin-Tochigi Station becoming "TN-12".[2]

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4163 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

## Surrounding area

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* Tochigi Post Office
* Tochigi Fire Department

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 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.
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. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
3. ^ 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 Shin-Tochigi Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Tobu Nikko Line

* (For Asakusa <<) Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
* Sugito-Takanodai
* Satte
* Minami-Kurihashi
* Kurihashi
* Shin-Koga
* Yagyū
* Itakura Tōyōdai-mae
* Fujioka
* Shizuwa
* Shin-Ōhirashita
* Tochigi
* Shin-Tochigi
* Kassemba
* Ienaka
* Tōbu Kanasaki
* Niregi
* Momiyama
* Shin-Kanuma
* Kita-Kanuma
* Itaga
* Shimo-Goshiro
* Myōjin
* Shimo-Imaichi (>> For Kinugawa-onsen)
* Kami-Imaichi
* Tōbu Nikkō

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Stations of the Tobu Utsunomiya Line

* Shin-Tochigi
* Yashū-Hirakawa
* Yashū-Ōtsuka
* Mibu
* Kuniya
* Omocha-no-Machi
* Yasuzuka
* Nishi-Kawada
* Esojima
* Minami-Utsunomiya
* Tōbu-Utsunomiya

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