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Shin-Takatoku Station (新高徳駅, Shin-Takatoku-eki, lit. "New-Takatoku Station") is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-53".
Lines
Shin-Takatoku Station is served by the Tōbu Kinugawa Line, with direct services to and from Asakusa in Tokyo, and lies 7.3 km from the starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi.
The station was formerly also the terminus of the 23.5 km Tobu Yaita Line, which operated from Yaita on the Tohoku Main Line between 1 March 1924 and 30 June 1959.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.
= Platforms
=History
The station opened on 1 November 1917 as Takatoku Station (高徳駅). It was renamed Shin-Takatoku on 22 October 1929.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on Tōbu lines, with Shin-Takatoku Station becoming "TN-53".
The platform and passenger shelter on the platform received protection by the national government as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2017.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 335 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
Kinugawa River
National Route 121
Fujiwara-Takatoku Post Office
References
External links
Tobu station information (in Japanese)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Stasiun Shin-Takatoku
- Shin-Takatoku Station
- 1917 in rail transport
- Tōhoku Main Line
- November 1917
- List of railway stations in Japan: S
- Tōbu Yaita Line
- Yaita Station
- Shimo-Imaichi Station
- Tōbu Nikkō Line
- Tobu World Square Station
