is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the

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operator

Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longes ...

. The station is numbered "TN-56".

Lines

Kinugawa-Onsen Station is served by the

Tobu Kinugawa Line The is a 16.2 km long Japanese railway line from Shimo-Imaichi Station to Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. At Shimo-Imaichi Station it connects with the Tob ...

, with direct services to and from Asakusa and Shinjuku in Tokyo, and is 12.4 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two

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s connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

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The station opened on 17 March 1919 as . It was renamed on 19 March 1922, and Kinugawa-Onsen on 19 February 1927. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kinugawa-Onsen Station becoming "TN-55". It was renumbered "TN-56" on 21 April 2017 ahead of the opening of

Tobu World Square Station is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. It opened on 22 July 2017, and primarily serves the adjacent Tobu World Square theme park. Lines Tobu World Square Station is se ...

(TN-55) in July 2017. A

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

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. File:170826 Kinugawa Onsen Station Nikko Japan07n.jpg, The spur leading to the turntable in August 2017 File:170826 Kinugawa Onsen Station Nikko Japan04n.jpg, The turntable in August 2017

Passenger statistics

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

Surrounding area

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Kinugawa River , is a river on the main island of Honshu in Japan. It flows from the north to the south on the Kantō plain, merging with . At 176.7 km in length, it is the longest tributary of Tone-gawa. From ancient times, it has been known to cause flood ...

Kinugawa Onsen is a hot spring resort in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. The place is named after the Kinugawa River (literally "angry demon river"), which flows through it. History Two hours by train from Tokyo, hot springs were first found in the area i ...

hot spring area *

Tobu World Square is a theme park in Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. The theme park contains over a hundred 1:25 scale models of famous buildings, including UNESCO-designated World Cultural and Heritage Sites, complete with 140,000 1:25 miniature people. ...

theme park * Kinugawa Onsen Post Office * *

References

External links

* {{Tobu Kinugawa Line Railway stations in Tochigi Prefecture Stations of Tobu Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1919 Tobu Kinugawa Line Nikkō, Tochigi