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Kinugawa-Onsen Station

Kinugawa-Onsen Station
鬼怒川温泉駅
TOBURAILWAY KINUGAWA-ONSEN STA EKISHAZENKEI.JPG
Kinugawa-Onsen Station in October 2008
Location 1390 Kinugawa-Onsen Ohara, Nikkō-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-2522
Japan
Operated by Tōbu Tetsudō Logo.svg Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Nikko Line (TN) symbol.svg Tobu Kinugawa Line
Distance 12.4 km from Shimo-Imaichi
Platforms 2 island platforms
Other information
Station code TN-55
Website railway.tobu.co.jp/guide/station/info/4208.html
History
Opened 17 March 1919
Previous names Otaki; Shimotaki (until 1927)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 2,633 daily
Location
Kinugawa-Onsen Station is located in Japan
Kinugawa-Onsen Station
Kinugawa-Onsen Station
Location within Japan

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.


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