Kurihashi Station
Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | |
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 Western side of Kurihashi Station, December 2007 | |
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Kuki, Saitama （埼玉県久喜市） Japan |
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  Kurihashi Station Location within Japan | |
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.
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 pint of that line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
JR Station
Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | |
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 Kurihashi Station platforms March 2006 | |
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1-1-1 Kurihashi, Kuki, Saitama （埼玉県久喜市栗橋北一丁目1-1） Japan |
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| Line(s) | ■ Utsunomiya Line |
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform |
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| Opened | 1885 |
| Traffic | |
| 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 | for Tokyo |
| 3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso |
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Tobu Station
Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | |
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 Tobu Kurihashi Station platform | |
| Location |
1202-2 Izaka, Kuki, Saitama （埼玉県久喜市伊坂字土取場1202-2） Japan |
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 Tobu Railway |
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| Platforms | 1 island |
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| Station code | TN-04 |
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| Passengers (FY2014) | 10,944 |
The Tobu 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, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tobu Skytree Line for Kasukabe, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa  Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Naka-Meguro  Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line for Shibuya and Chūō-Rinkan
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| 2 | ■ Tobu Nikko Line | for Shin-Tochigi, and Tōbu Nikkō |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tohoku Main Line | ||||
| Higashi-Washinomiya | - | Koga | ||
| Tobu Nikko Line | ||||
| Limited Express Spacia: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Limited Express Kirifuri: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Limited Express Shimotsuke: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Section Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Minami-Kurihashi | Section Express | Shin-Koga | ||
| 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] The JR East station was used by 5185 passengers (alighting) daily.
Surrounding area
- Kurihashi Post Office
See also
References
- 1 2 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. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kurihashi Station. |
- Kurihayashi Station information (JR East) (Japanese)
- Kurihashi Station information (Tobu) (Japanese)
Coordinates: 36°8′12.4584″N 139°41′39.15″E / 36.136794000°N 139.6942083°E