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Shimo-Imaichi Station

Shimo-Imaichi Station
下今市駅
TOBURAILWAY SHIMO-IMAICHI STA EKISHA.JPG
Shimo-Imaichi Station entrance in October 2008
Location 1110 Imaichi, Nikkō-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-1261
Japan
Operated by Tōbu Tetsudō Logo.svg Tobu Railway
Line(s)
Distance 87.4 km from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Station code TN-23
Website railway.tobu.co.jp/guide/station/info/3211.html
History
Opened 7 July 1929
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 2,420 daily
Location
Shimo-Imaichi Station is located in Japan
Shimo-Imaichi Station
Shimo-Imaichi Station
Location within Japan

Shimo-Imaichi Station (下今市駅 Shimo-Imaichi-eki?) is a railway station on the Tobu Nikko Line in , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-23".

Shimo-Imaichi Station is served by the 94.5 km Tobu Nikko Line, and also forms a terminal station of the 16.2 km Tobu Kinugawa Line to Shin-Fujiwara. It is 87.4 km from the starting point of the Tobu Nikko Line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station entrance by a footbridge.

Shimo-Imaichi Station opened on 7 July 1929.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Shimo-Imaichi Station becoming "TN-23".

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 Nagatoshi Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 2,420 passengers daily.


Coordinates: 36°43′32″N 139°41′36″E / 36.7256°N 139.6932°E / 36.7256; 139.6932


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