Kurihashi Station

TN04
Kurihashi Station

栗橋駅
The west side of Kurihashi Station in December 2007
General information
Location1-1-1 Kurihashi, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken 349-1101 (JR East)
1202-2 Izaka, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken (Tobu)
Japan
Coordinates36°8′12.4584″N 139°41′39.15″E / 36.136794000°N 139.6942083°E / 36.136794000; 139.6942083
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance57.3 km from Tokyo (JR East)
13.9 km from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (Tobu)
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform (JR East)
1 island platform (Tobu)
Other information
Station codeTN-04 (Tobu)
History
Opened16 July 1885
1 April 1929 (Tobu)
Passengers
FY201912,297 daily (JR East)
11,628 daily (Tobu)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Higashi-Washinomiya
towards Tokyo
Utsunomiya Line
Local
Koga
towards Kuroiso
Higashi-Washinomiya
towards Zushi
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Local
Koga
towards Utsunomiya
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Minami-Kurihashi
TN03
Terminus
Nikkō Line
Express
Itakura Tōyōdai-mae
TN07
Minami-Kurihashi
TN03
Nikkō Line
Local
Shin-Koga
TN05
Location
Kurihashi Station is located in Saitama Prefecture
Kurihashi Station
Kurihashi Station
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Kurihashi Station is located in Japan
Kurihashi Station
Kurihashi Station
Kurihashi Station (Japan)

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.

Lines

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Kurihashi 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

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JR East station

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The 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)


 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)
3  Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
Track layout
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Tōbu Railway station

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The Tōbu Railway station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform.

Platforms

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1  Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi , Kita-Senju, and Asakusa
2  Tōbu Nikkō Line for Shin-Tochigi, and Tōbu Nikkō

History

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The 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

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In 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

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  • Kurihashi Post Office

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 「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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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