Tōbu Nikkō Line
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Tobu Nikko Line | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Tobu Railway |
Locale | Kantō Region |
Termini | |
Stations | 26 |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail |
Depot(s) | Minami-Kurihashi |
History | |
Opened | 1929 |
Technical | |
Line length | 94.5 km (58.7 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Operating speed | 120 km/h (75 mph)* |
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The Tobu Nikko Line (東武日光線, Tōbu Nikkō-sen) is a 94.5 km railway line in Japan operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway. It branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in Miyashiro, Saitama on the Skytree Line, extending north to Tōbu Nikkō Station in Nikkō, Tochigi.
The line has two branch lines: the Utsunomiya Line at Shin-Tochigi Station in Tochigi, Tochigi, and the Kinugawa Line at Shimo-Imaichi Station in Nikkō.
Service patterns
As of March 2013[update], stops and service patterns are as follows.
- Local (普通, Futsū) (L)
- Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line. Through to/from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Asakusa
- Section Semi-Express (区間準急, Kukan Junkyū) (SSE)
- Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Isesaki Line.
- Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SmE)
- Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Isesaki Line. Through to/from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
- Section Express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō) (SE)
- Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Isesaki Line.
- Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)
- Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, rapid service on the Isesaki Line. Through to/from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
- Section Rapid (区間快速, Kukan Kaisoku) (SR)
- Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, the same stops on the Isesaki Line as Rapid trains. Complements Rapid services during the daytime
- Rapid (快速, Kaisoku) (R)
- Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū)
- Stops not shown. Seat reservation fee applies, from Asakusa to Tobu Nikko and Kinugawa Kōen.
Stations
- O:Stop, |:No Stop
- *1: Terminating Services from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
- *2: Terminating Services from Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu on the Tobu Skytree Line
Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | L | SSE | SmE | SE | Ex | SR | R | Location | |
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Up to (A: Asakusa, C: Chūō-Rinkan) | A | C | A | C | A | A | |||||
Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen | 東武動物公園 | 0.0 | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | Miyashiro | Saitama |
Sugito-Takanodai | 杉戸高野台 | 3.2 | O | O | O | O | O | | | | | Sugito | |
Satte | 幸手 | 5.8 | O | O | O | O | O | | | | | Satte | |
Minami-Kurihashi | 南栗橋 | 10.4 | O *1/*2 |
O | O | O *2 |
O | | | | | Kuki | |
Kurihashi | 栗橋 | 13.9 | O | O | | | | | |||||
Shin-Koga | 新古河 | 20.6 | O | O | | | | | Kazo | ||||
Yagyū | 柳生 | 23.6 | O | O | | | | | |||||
Itakura Tōyōdai-mae | 板倉東洋大前 | 25.6 | O | O | O | O | Itakura | Gunma | |||
Tochigi | 藤岡 | 29.5 | O | O | | | | | Tochigi | Tochigi | |||
Shizuwa | 静和 | 37.3 | O | O | | | | | |||||
Shin-Ōhirashita | 新大平下 | 40.1 | O | O | O | O | |||||
Tochigi | 栃木 | 44.9 | O | O | O | O | |||||
Shin-Tochigi | 新栃木 | 47.9 | O | O | O | O | |||||
Kassemba | 合戦場 | 50.0 | O | O | | | ||||||
Ienaka | 家中 | 52.4 | O | O | | | ||||||
Tōbu Kanasaki | 東武金崎 | 56.6 | O | O | | | ||||||
Niregi | 楡木 | 61.2 | O | O | | | Kanuma | |||||
Momiyama | 樅山 | 64.2 | O | O | | | ||||||
Shin-Kanuma | 新鹿沼 | 66.8 | O | O | O | ||||||
Kita-Kanuma | 北鹿沼 | 69.8 | O | O | | | ||||||
Itaga | 板荷 | 74.9 | O | O | | | ||||||
Shimo-Goshiro | 下小代 | 78.5 | O | O | | | Nikkō | |||||
Myōjin | 明神 | 81.3 | O | O | | | ||||||
Shimo-Imaichi | 下今市 | 87.4 | O | O | O | ||||||
Kami-Imaichi | 上今市 | 88.4 | O | O | | | ||||||
Tōbu Nikkō | 東武日光 | 94.5 | O | O | O |
History
The Nikko Line opened (dual track and electrified) on 1 October 1929.[1]
In 1943, the section north of Kassemba was reduced to single track and the recovered rails used to build the Tobu Kumagaya Line.[2]
Electric limited express services first started operating from February 1949.[1] From October 1960, new 1720 series "Deluxe Romance car" EMUs were introduced on limited express services to and from Nikko.[1]
From 1 June 1990, new 100 series "Spacia" EMUs were introduced on limited express services, and the maximum speed of these was raised to 120 km/h in 1992.[1]
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 Saitama, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Tobu Nikko Line stations adopting the prefix "TN" in orange.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 557. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
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