Kurihashi Station (栗橋駅, Kurihashi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
TN04 Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The west side of Kurihashi Station in December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Kurihashi, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken 349-1101 (JR East) 1202-2 Izaka, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken (Tobu) Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°8′12.4584″N 139°41′39.15″E / 36.136794000°N 139.6942083°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 57.3 km from Tokyo (JR East) 13.9 km from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform (JR East) 1 island platform (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TN-04 (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 July 1885 1 April 1929 (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 12,297 daily (JR East) 11,628 daily (Tobu) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editKurihashi Station is served by the Tōbu Nikkō Line, and is 13.9 km from the starting point of the Nikko Line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.[1] It is also a station on the JR East Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and is 57.3 km from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station. There is a track linking the Tōbu and JR lines, used by the through-running Nikkō and Kinugawa services. The linking track has a pair of small platforms for crew changes, but no passenger facilities.
Station layout
editJR East station
editThe JR East station consists of one island platform and one side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line)
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| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) | |
| 3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
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Tōbu Railway station
editThe Tōbu Railway station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tōbu Nikkō Line | for Minami-Kurihashi , Kita-Senju, and Asakusa |
| 2 | ■ Tōbu Nikkō Line | for Shin-Tochigi, and Tōbu Nikkō |
History
editThe JR East Tōhoku Line (Utsunomiya Line) station opened on 16 July 1885. The Tōbu station opened on 1 April 1929.[1]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kurihashi Station becoming "TN-04".[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 12,427 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] In fiscal 2019, the Tobu portion of the station was used by an average of 11,628 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
edit- Kurihashi Post Office
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Kurihashi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Kurihayashi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Kurihashi Station information Archived 2019-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (Tobu) (in Japanese)