Kurihashi Station (栗橋駅, Kurihashi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
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The west side of Kurihashi Station in December 2007 | |
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| Location | Kuki, Saitama Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°8′12.4584″N 139°41′39.15″E |
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| Opened | 16 July 1885 |
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Kurihashi Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama PrefectureKurihashi Station Kurihashi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan | |
Kurihashi Station is served by the Tōbu Nikkō Line, and is 13.9 km from the starting point of the Nikko Line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.[1] It is also a station on the JR East Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and is 57.3 km from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station. There is a track linking the Tōbu and JR lines, used by the through-running Nikkō and Kinugawa services. The linking track has a pair of small platforms for crew changes, but no passenger facilities.
Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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Kurihashi Station platforms March 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Kurihashi, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken 349-1101 Japan | |||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Tōhoku Main Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 57.3 km from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 July 1885 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 12,297 daily | |||||||||||||||
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The JR East station consists of one island platform and one side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line) |
| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) | |
| 2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
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TN04 Kurihashi Station 栗橋駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1202-2 Izaka, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken Japan | |||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 13.9 km from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TN-04 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1929 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 11,628 | |||||||||||||||
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The Tōbu Railway station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform.
| 1 | ■ Tōbu Nikkō Line | for Minami-Kurihashi , Kita-Senju, and Asakusa |
| 2 | ■ Tōbu Nikkō Line | for Shin-Tochigi, and Tōbu Nikkō |
The JR East Tōhoku Line (Utsunomiya Line) station opened on 16 July 1885. The Tōbu station opened on 1 April 1929.[1]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kurihashi Station becoming "TN-04".[2]
In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 12,427 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] In fiscal 2019, the Tobu portion of the station was used by an average of 11,628 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
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Stations of the Tobu Nikko Line | |
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Stations of the Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line) | ||
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Stations of the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | ||
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| Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line |
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| Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line |
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