Tōbu Nikkō Line

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Tōbu Nikkō Line
Limited Express100 series "Spacia" EMU
Limited Express
100 series "Spacia" EMU
Line length: 94.5 km (58.7 mi)
Track gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Voltage: 1500 DC
Head stop
{{BSkm|-|0.0}} Asakusa
Straight track
Tōbu: DownIsesaki Line
Head stop Straight track
Chūō-Rinkan
Straight track Straight track
Tōkyū: UpDownDen-en-toshi Line
Stop on track Straight track
Shibuya
Track turning left Junction from right
Tokyo Metro: UpDownHanzōmon Line
Stop on track
Oshiage
Station on track
{{BSkm|0.0|41}} Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen
Track turning from left Junction to right
Tōbu: DownLeftNikkō Line, UpDownIsesaki Line
Station on track
{{BSkm|3.2|44.2}} Sugito-Takanodai
Station on track
{{BSkm|5.8|46.8}} Satte
Station on track
{{BSkm|10.4|51.4}} Minami-Kurihashi
Track turning from left Junction to right
Non-passenger end station Straight track
Minami-Kurihashi depot
Transverse track Unknown BSicon "KRZu" Transverse track
JR-E: LeftTōhoku ShinkansenRight
Track turning from left Unknown BSicon "ABZ3rg" Unknown BSicon "KRZo"
JR-E: DownTōhoku Main (Utsunomiya) LineRight
Station on track Straight track Station on track
{{BSkm|13.9|54.9}} Kurihashi
Track turning right Track turning left Junction from right
bypass for Limited Express
Small bridge over water
Tone River
Station on track
{{BSkm|20.6|61.6}} Shin-Koga
Station on track
{{BSkm|23.6|64.6}} Yagyū
Station on track
{{BSkm|25.6|66.6}} Itakura Tōyōdai-mae
Station on track
{{BSkm|29.5|70.5}} Fujioka
Station on track
{{BSkm|37.3|78.3}} Shizuwa
Station on track
{{BSkm|40.1|81.1}} Shin-Ōhirashita
Straight track Track turning from left
JR-E: DownRyōmō LineRight
Station on track Station on track
{{BSkm|44.9|85.9}} Tochigi
Unknown BSicon "KRZo" Track turning right
Station on track
{{BSkm|47.9|88.9}} Shin-Tochigi
Track turning from left Unknown BSicon "ABZdf" Track turning from right
Tōbu: LeftUtsunomiya Line
Straight track Non-passenger end station Straight track
End stop Unknown BSicon "BS2c2" Unknown BSicon "BS2r"
Tōbu Utsunomiya
Station on track
{{BSkm|50.0|91.0}} Kassemba
Unknown BSicon "BS2+l" Unknown BSicon "BS2c4"
Station on track
{{BSkm|52.4|93.4}} Ienaka
Station on track
{{BSkm|56.6|97.6}} Tōbu Kanasaki
Station on track
{{BSkm|61.2|102.2}} Niregi
Station on track
{{BSkm|64.2|105.2}} Momiyama
Station on track
{{BSkm|66.8|107.8}} Shin-Kanuma
Station on track
{{BSkm|69.8|110.8}} Kita-Kanuma
Station on track
{{BSkm|74.9|115.9}} Itaga
Station on track
{{BSkm|78.5|119.5}} Shimo-Goshiro
Unknown BSicon "BS2c2" Unknown BSicon "BS2r"
Station on track
{{BSkm|81.3|122.3}} Myōjin
Unknown BSicon "BS2+l" Unknown BSicon "BS2c4"
Unknown BSicon "KRZo" Transverse track Track turning from right
JR-E: LeftNikkō LineRightDown
Station on track Station on track
{{BSkm|87.4|128.4}} Shimo-Imaichi RightImaichi
Track turning from left Transverse track Junction to right Straight track
Tōbu: 10px|LeftKinugawa Line
Abbreviated in this map Station on track Straight track
{{BSkm|88.4|129.4}} Kami-Imaichi
Track end right Unknown BSicon "KRZo" Station on transverse track Track turning right
Nikkō
End station Unknown BSicon "uexKBHFa"
{{BSkm|94.5|135.5}} Tōbu Nikkō
Unused straight waterway
Tōbu: DownNikkō Tranmway Line
Abbreviated in this map
Stop on track
Kinugawa Onsen
Stop on track
Shin-Fujiwara
Stop on track
Yagan Railway Aizu-kōgen Ozeguchi

Nikkō Line (日光線 Nikkō-sen?) is a 94.5 km railway line of the Japanese private railway company Tōbu Railway. It branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in Miyashiro, Saitama on the Isesaki Line, extending north to Tōbu Nikkō Station in scenic site of Nikkō, Tochigi.

The line has two branch lines: the Utsunomiya Line at Shin-Tochigi Station in Tochigi, Tochigi, the Kinugawa Line at Shimo-Imaichi Station in Nikkō.

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[edit] History

A connecting track at Kurihashi was built to the JR-East Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) from 18 March 2006, allowing through-operations of Nikkō and Kinugawa limited express services to/from Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku.

[edit] Rapid service

Tōbu operates several types of rapid service on this line. Stops and service sections are as of 2006.

Local (普通 Futsū?) (L)
Section Semi-Express (区間準急 Kukan Junkyū?) (SSE)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, rapid service in Isesaki Line. Five service a day, to/from Asakusa
Semi-Express (準急 Junkyū?) (SmE)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, rapid service in Isesaki Line. Through to Hanzōmon Line
Section Express (区間急行 Kukan Kyūkō?) (SE)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, rapid service in Isesaki Line.
Express (急行 Kyūkō?) (Ex)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, rapid service in Isesaki Line. Through to Hanzōmon Line
Section Rapid (区間快速 Kukan Kaisoku?) (SR)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, the same stops in Isesaki Line with Rapid trains. Complements Rapid in day time
Rapid (快速 kaisoku?) (R)
Two in the morning up to Asakusa, four down in the evening only. Up trains stop at all stations up to Shin-Ōhirashita for commuting service.
Limited Express (特急 Tokkyū?)
Stops not shown. Charged for seat reservation and rapid service, from Asakusa to Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa Kōen.

[edit] Stations

  • S: Stop
Station L SSE SmE SE Ex SR R Location
Up to (A: Asakusa, C: Chūō-Rinkan)   A C A C A A  
Nikkō Line
Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen 東武動物公園 S   S S S S S S Miyashiro Saitama
Sugito-Takanodai 杉戸高野台 S S S S S S   Sugito
Satte 幸手 S S S S S S   Satte
Minami-Kurihashi 南栗橋 S S S S S S S   Kuki
Kurihashi 栗橋   S     S   S  
Shin-Koga 新古河 S S S   Kazo
Yagyū 柳生 S S S  
Itakura Tōyōdai-mae 板倉東洋大前 S S S S Itakura Gunma
Fujioka 藤岡 S S S   Tochigi Tochigi
Shizuwa 静和 S S S   Iwafune
Shin-Ōhirashita 新大平下 S S S S Tochigi
Tochigi 栃木 S S S S S
Shin-Tochigi 新栃木 S S S S S
Kassemba 合戦場 S   S S S^
Ienaka 家中 S S S S^
Tōbu Kanasaki 東武金崎 S S S S^
Niregi 楡木 S S S S^ Kanuma
Momiyama 樅山 S S S S^
Shin-Kanuma 新鹿沼 S S S S
Kita-Kanuma 北鹿沼 S S S S^
Itaga 板荷 S S S S^
Shimo-Goshiro 下小代 S S S S^ Nikkō
Myōjin 明神 S S S S^
Shimo-Imaichi 下今市 S S S S S
Kami-Imaichi 上今市 S S S S S^
Tōbu Nikkō 東武日光 S S S S S

[edit] References

Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area
JR logo (east).svg JR East lines
(Tokyo urban/suburban area)
■Akabane · ■Chūō (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Hachikō · ■Itsukaichi · ■Jōban · ■Karasuyama  · ■Kawagoe · ■Keihin-Tōhoku · ■Keiyō · ■Mito · ■Musashino · ■Nambu · ■Narita · ■Negishi · ■Nikkō · ■Ōme · ■Ryōmō · ■Sagami · ■Saikyō · ■■Shōnan-Shinjuku · ■Sōbu (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Sotobō · ■Takasaki · ■Tōgane · ■Tōhoku (Utsunomiya) · ■Tōkaidō · ■Tsurumi · ■Uchibō · ■Yamanote · ■Yokohama · ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro logo.svg Tokyo Metro lines
PrefSymbol-Tokyo.svg Toei subway lines
Subway TokyoAsakusa.png Asakusa · Subway TokyoOedo.png Ōedo · Subway TokyoMita.png Mita · Subway TokyoShinjuku.png Shinjuku
Major private lines
Keikyu (Keikyū Main · Airport · Daishi · Kurihama · Zushi) · Keiō (Keiō · Keiō New · Dōbutsuen · Inokashira · Keibajō · Sagamihara · Takao) · Keisei (Keisei Main · Chiba · Chihara · Higashi-Narita · Kanamachi · Narita Sky Access · Oshiage) · Odakyū (Enoshima · Odawara · Tama) · Seibu (Ikebukuro Lines: ■Ikebukuro · ■Sayama · ■Seibu Chichibu · ■Seibu Yūrakucho · ■Toshima · Shinjuku Lines: ■Shinjuku · ■Haijima · ■Kokubunji · ■Seibu-en · ■Tamagawa · ■Tamako) · Sōtetsu (Sōtetsu Main · Izumino) · Tōbu (Tōbu Main lines: Daishi · Isesaki · Kameido · Kinugawa · Kiryū · Koizumi · Nikkō · Noda · Sano · Utsunomiya · Tōjō Lines: Tōjō · Ogose) · Tōkyū (■Den-en-toshi · ■Ikegami · ■Meguro · ■Ōimachi · ■Tōkyū Tamagawa · ■Tōyoko)
Other commuter rail lines
Other lines
Monorails: Chiba Monorail · Disney Resort · Shōnan Monorail · Tama Monorail · Tokyo Monorail · People movers: New Shuttle · Seaside · Nippori-Toneri · Yamaguchi · Yūkarigaoka · Yurikamome · Streetcars: ■Enoden · ■Setagaya · ■Toden Arakawa
Cable cars and aerial tramways
Major terminals
Rail: Akihabara · Chiba · Ikebukuro · Kawasaki · Kita-Senju · Ōmiya · Ōtemachi · Shibuya · Shinagawa · Shinjuku · Tachikawa · Tōkyō · Ueno · Yokohama · Airports: Haneda Int'l · Narita Int'l · Chofu · Ibaraki · Ports: Yokohama · Tokyo
Miscellaneous


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