Kurihashi Station
Kurihashi Station (栗橋駅, Kurihashi-eki) is a railway station in Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
 Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | |
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 The west side of Kurihashi Station in December 2007 | |
| Location | Kuki, Saitama Japan |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Location | |
  Kurihashi Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
Kurihashi Station is served by the Tobu Nikko 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 Tohoku 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 Tobu and JR lines, used by the through-running Nikko and Kinugawa services. The linking track has a pair of small platforms for crew changes, but no passenger facilities.
Station layout
JR East station
Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | |
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| JR East station | |
 Kurihashi Station platforms March 2006 | |
| Location | 1-1-1 Kurihashi, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken Japan |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR East |
| Line(s) | ■ Utsunomiya Line |
| Distance | 57.3 km from Tokyo |
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | 16 July 1885 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2014 | 11,843 daily |
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 Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line) |
| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) | |
| 2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
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Tobu Railway station
Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | |
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| Tobu Railway station | |
 The Tobu platform | |
| Location | 1202-2 Izaka, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken Japan |
| Operated by |  Tobu Railway |
| Line(s) | _symbol.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tobu Nikko Line |
| Distance | 13.9 km from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen |
| Platforms | 1 island |
| Other information | |
| Station code | TN-04 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 April 1929 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2014 | 10,944 |
The Tobu Railway station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Tobu Nikko Line | for Minami-Kurihashi , Kita-Senju, and Asakusa |
| 2 | ■ Tobu Nikko Line | for Shin-Tochigi, and Tōbu Nikkō |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Utsunomiya Line | ||||
| Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Rapid Rabbit: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Higashi-Washinomiya | Local & Rapid Acty | Koga | ||
| Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | ||||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Higashi-Washinomiya | Local | Koga | ||
| Tobu Nikko Line | ||||
| Limited Express Spacia: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Limited Express Revaty: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Limited Express Shimotsuke: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Minami-Kurihashi | Express | Itakura Tōyōdai-mae | ||
| Minami-Kurihashi | Section Express | Itakura Tōyōdai-mae | ||
| Minami-Kurihashi | Local | Shin-Koga | ||
History
The JR East Tohoku Line (Utsunomiya Line) station opened on 16 July 1885. The Tobu station opened on 1 April 1929.[1]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kurihashi Station becoming "TN-04".[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the Tobu station was used by an average of 11,341 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
- Kurihashi Post Office
See also
References
- 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.
- 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kurihashi Station. |
- Kurihayashi Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Kurihashi Station information (Tobu) (in Japanese)