is a

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in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East).

Lines

Nishi-Nasuno Station is served by the

Utsunomiya Line The Utsunomiya Line ( ja, 宇都宮線, ) is the name given to a 163.5 kilometer section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Compan ...

( Tohoku Main Line), and lies 151.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

This station has an elevated station building with one

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and one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

underneath; however, platform 2 is not in use. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Nishi-Nasuno Station opened on 1 October 1886. JR East station information
With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3740 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Buses

Surrounding area

*Nishi-Nasuno Post Office *Former Nishi-Nasuno Town Hall * * *

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References

External links

JR East station information
{{Tohoku Main Line Railway stations in Tochigi Prefecture Tōhoku Main Line Utsunomiya Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1886 Nasushiobara Stations of East Japan Railway Company