is a passenger

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located in the town of Ninomiya,

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, operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Ninomiya Station is served by the

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, and is located 73.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station. Trains of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line also make use of the station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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with an elevated station building built over the tracks and platform. The station has a ''

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Station layout

Station history

Ninomiya Station first opened on April 15, 1902, as a station for both freight and passenger service on the Tōkaidō Main Line. The initial station was destroyed on March 10, 1945, in an American air raid during

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. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1971, and parcel services by 1972. The current station building was completed in October 1982. With the dissolution and

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated

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s using the

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system came into operation from November 18, 2001.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

*Ninomiya Town Hall * *Ninomiya High School

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

*
Official home page
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Lines

Station layout

Station layout

Station history

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

See also

References

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