The is a railway line in Japan operated by the
private railway
A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector.
Japan
In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...
company
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 ...
. It branches from
Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in
Miyashiro, Saitama on the
Skytree Line, extending north to
Tōbu Nikkō Station in
Nikkō, Tochigi.
The line has two branch lines: the
Utsunomiya Line
The Utsunomiya Line () is the name given to a 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 Company (JR East) network.
Services
Serv ...
at
Shin-Tochigi Station in
Tochigi, Tochigi, and the
Kinugawa Line at
Shimo-Imaichi Station in Nikkō.
Service patterns
, stops and service patterns are
* : Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line. Through to/from
Naka-Meguro on the
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line was named after the Hibiya area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda's Yurakucho district, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using t ...
;
* : Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the
Skytree Line;
* : Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Skytree Line. Through to/from
Chūō-Rinkan on the
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
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;
* : Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Skytree Line;
* : Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, express service on the Skytree Line. Through to/from
Chūō-Rinkan on the
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
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.
* : Stops at partly stations on the Nikko Line, Limited express also services on the Skytree Line. There are Limited Express which are 4 types of ・・・. Trains which are named KINU or KINUGAWA bound to
Kinugawaonsen Station. Trains which are named KEGON or NIKKO, KIRIFURI bound to
Tobu-Nikko Station. Trains which are named AIZU bound to
Aizu-Tajima Station.
* : Stops at Tobu-Nikko and Shimo-Imaichi. Passengers riding on this train must purchase the package on Tobu Top Tours and so on. Runs once a month.
Stations
Notes:
* O: Stop
* , : Non-stop
* 1: Terminating Services from on the
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line was named after the Hibiya area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda's Yurakucho district, under which it passes. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using t ...
* 2: Terminating Services from on the
Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line via
Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro.
Overview
The line serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chiyoda, Chūō, Kōtō, and Sumida. Despite being shorter in length than nearly all other Tokyo subway lines, ...
* 3: Terminating Services from
* 4: Partly Services stop at the stations
* A: to/from
* C: to/from
* S: to/from when named as JR
History
The Nikko Line opened (dual track and electrified) on 1 October 1929.
In 1943, the section north of Kassemba was reduced to single track and the recovered rails were used to build the
Tobu Kumagaya Line.
Electric limited express services first started operating from February 1949.
From October 1960, new 1720 series "Deluxe Romance car" EMUs were introduced on limited express services to and from Nikko.
From 1 June 1990, new
100 series "Spacia" EMUs were introduced on limited express services, and the maximum speed of these was raised to 120 km/h in 1992.
A connecting track at was built to the
JR-East Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line () is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Uts ...
(
Utsunomiya Line
The Utsunomiya Line () is the name given to a 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 Company (JR East) network.
Services
Serv ...
) from 18 March 2006, allowing through-operations of ''
Nikkō
is a Cities of Japan, city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the city's population was 80,239, in 36,531 households. The population density was 55 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Nikkō is a popular destination for Japanese and ...
'' and ''
Kinugawa'' limited express services to/from , , and .
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Tobu Nikko Line stations adopting the prefix "TN" in orange.
The former ''Skytree Train'' and
300 series limited express trains, ''Rapid'', and ''Section Rapid'' services were discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 21 April 2017.
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See also
*
List of railway lines in Japan
List of railway lines in Japan lists existing Rail transport, railway lines in Japan alphabetically.
The vast majority of Japanese railways are classified under two Japanese laws, one for and another for . The difference between the two is a leg ...
References
External links
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Nikko Line
Rail transport in Saitama Prefecture
Rail transport in Gunma Prefecture
Rail transport in Tochigi Prefecture
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1929