Kinugawa-Onsen Station
鬼怒川温泉駅 |
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Kinugawa-Onsen Station in October 2008
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Location | 1390 Kinugawa-Onsen Ohara, Nikkō-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-2522 Japan |
Operated by | Tobu Railway |
Line(s) | Tobu Kinugawa Line |
Distance | 12.4 km from Shimo-Imaichi |
Platforms | 2 island platforms |
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Station code | TN-55 |
Website | railway |
History | |
Opened | 17 March 1919 |
Previous names | Otaki; Shimotaki (until 1927) |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2011) | 2,633 daily |
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Kinugawa-Onsen Station (鬼怒川温泉駅 Kinugawa-Onsen-eki?) is a railway station on the Tobu Kinugawa Line in , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-55".
Kinugawa-Onsen Station is served by the Tobu Kinugawa Line, with direct services to and from Asakusa and Shinjuku in Tokyo, and is 12.4 km from the starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi.
The station consists of two island platforms.
The station opened on 17 March 1919 as Shimo-Taki Station (下滝駅?). It was renamed Otaki Station (下滝駅?) on 19 March 1922, and Kinugawa-Onsen on 19 February 1927.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kinugawa-Onsen Station becoming "TN-55".
A turntable is scheduled to be installed next to the station during 2016 for turning the steam locomotive to be used on steam-hauled tourist trains operating between Shimo-Imaichi and Kinugawa-Onsen from summer 2017. The turntable is to be acquired from the JR West Miyoshi Station in Hiroshima Prefecture.