Shizuwa Station

Shizuwa Station
静和駅

Shizuwa Station in May 2011
Location 2143 Shizuwa Iwafune-machi, Tochigi, Tochigi
(栃木県栃木市岩舟町静和2143)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Nikko Line
Other information
Station code TN-09
History
Opened 1929
Previous names Tobu-Izumi (until 1929)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 1473 daily

Shizuwa Station (静和駅 Shizuwa-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Nikko Line in Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-09".

Lines

Shizuwa Station is served by Tobu Nikko Line, and is 37.3 km from the starting point of the line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.[1]

Station layout

This station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passageway.

Platforms

1  Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
2  Tobu Nikko Line for Shin-Tochigi and Tōbu-Nikkō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Nikko Line
Fujioka   Local   Shin-Ōhirashita

History

Shizuwa Station opened on 1 April 1929.[1] The station was originally called Tobu-Izumi Station (東武和泉駅), but the name was changed to its present name on 1 July 1929.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Shizuwa Station becoming "TN-09".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 1,473 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 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.
  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. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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Coordinates: 36°18′59″N 139°41′06″E / 36.3163°N 139.6850°E / 36.3163; 139.6850

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