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Mibu Station

Coordinates: 36°25′22″N 139°48′18″E / 36.4227°N 139.8051°E / 36.4227; 139.8051
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Mibu Station

壬生駅
Mibu Station in May 2011
General information
Location3-1 Ekihigashi-cho, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi
(栃木県下都賀郡壬生町駅東町3-1)
Japan
Operated byTobu Railway
Line(s)Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Other information
Station codeTN-33
History
Opened1931
Passengers
FY20112,119 daily

Mibu Station (壬生駅, Mibu-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line in Mibu, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-33".

Platform, 2016

Lines

Mibu Station is served by the Tobu Utsunomiya Line, and is 7.3 km from the starting point of the line at Shin-Tochigi.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platforms connected to the station building by an underground passageway.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Shin-Tochigi   Limited Express Shimotsuke   Omocha-no-Machi
Yashū-Ōtsuka - Kuniya

History

Mibu Station opened on 11 August 1931. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Mibu Station becoming "TN-3d".[1]

Surrounding area

  • Mibu Town Hall
  • Site of former Mibu Castle
  • Mibu Central Post Office

See also

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.


36°25′22″N 139°48′18″E / 36.4227°N 139.8051°E / 36.4227; 139.8051