Tsuruta Station (鶴田駅, Tsuruta-eki) is a railway station in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Tsuruta Station 鶴田駅
Tsuruta Station in July 2014
General information
Location	Nishikawata-machi, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-0151 Japan
Coordinates	36.5382°N 139.8587°E / 36.5382; 139.8587
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Nikkō Line
Distance	4.8 km from Utsunomiya
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	2 September 1902
Passengers
FY2019	1457
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kanuma towards Nikkō Nikkō Line Utsunomiya Terminus
Location
Tsuruta Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Tsuruta Station Tsuruta Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Tsuruta Station is served by the Nikkō Line, and is located 4.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Utsunomiya.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform, serving two tracks and connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Tsuruta Station opened on 2 September 1902. Prior to this, the area was served by Togami Station (砥上駅), which was located to the west of present-day Tsuruta Station. Togami Station was closed with the opening of Tsuruta. On 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East with the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR). A new station building was completed in March 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1457 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

• Esojima Station, on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line
• Tsuruta Ekimae Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tsuruta Station.

• JR East station information (in Japanese)