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 prep ...

in the city of Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nasushiobara Station is served by both 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 the high-speed Tohoku Shinkansen, and lies 157.8 kilometers from the starting point of both lines at .

Station layout

This station has two elevated

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 platform ...

s with the station building underneath for Tohoku Shinkansen services, and two ground-level

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s serving three tracks for Utsunomiya Line services. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

The station opened on November 24, 1898, originally named . From October 12, 1909, the station became part of the Tohoku Main Line. On June 23, 1982, the Tohoku Shinkansen opened, and the station was renamed Nasushiobara.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5291 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Tohoku Shinkansen portion of the station was used by an average of 3371 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Highway

* *Nasushiobara Post Office *Nasushiobara Park

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Authority control Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Tochigi Prefecture Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōhoku Main Line Utsunomiya Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1898