Esojima Station

Esojima Station (江曽島駅, Esojima-eki) is a railway station in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-38".

Esojima Station 江曽島駅
Esojima Station east exit in November 2017
Location	2-12-31 Yamato, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-0162 Japan
Coordinates	36.5312°N 139.8606°E
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Station code	TN-38
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 July 1944
Passengers
FY2019	2102 daily
Location
Esojima Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Esojima Station Esojima Station (Japan)

Lines

Esojima Station is served by the Tobu Utsunomiya Line, and is 20.3 km from the starting point of the line at Shin-Tochigi.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform with an elevated station building located above the tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line	for Tōbu Utsunomiya
2	■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line	for Tochigi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōbu Utsunomiya Line
Omocha-no-Machi		Limited Express Shimotsuke		Tōbu Utsunomiya
Nishi-Kawada		-	Minami-Utsunomiya

History

Esojima Station opened on 1 July 1944. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Esojima Station becoming "TN-39".[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2102 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

• Utsunomiya Hospital

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 「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 27 May 2015.
2. 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)