Tōbu Nikkō Line

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Tobu Nikko Line
TN
Heavy rail
Depot(s)Minami-Kurihashi
History
Opened1929
Technical
Line length94.5 km (58.7 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)

The Tobu Nikko Line (東武日光線, Tōbu Nikkō-sen) is a 94.5-kilometre (58.7 mi) railway line in Japan operated by the

Nikkō, Tochigi
.

The line has two branch lines: the

Utsunomiya Line at Shin-Tochigi Station in Tochigi, Tochigi, and the Kinugawa Line at Shimo-Imaichi Station
in Nikkō.

Service patterns

As of March 2013[update], stops and service patterns are

  • Local (普通, Futsū): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line. Through to/from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line;
  • Section Semi-Express (区間準急, Kukan Junkyū): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the
    Skytree Line
    ;
  • Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Skytree Line. Through to/from
    Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
    ;
  • Section Express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Skytree Line;
  • Express (急行, Kyūkō): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, express service on the Skytree Line. Through to/from
    Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
    .
  • Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū): Stops at partly stations on the Nikko Line, Limited express also services on the Skytree Line. There are Limited Express which are 4 types of KN/KG (スペーシアきぬ・けごん, SPACIA KINU・KEGON)・RV (リバティきぬ・けごん・会津, REVATY KINU・KEGON・AIZU)・KF (きりふり, KIRIFURI)・JR (
    Tobu-Nikko Station. Trains which are named AIZU bound to Aizu-Tajima Station
    .
  • SL Taiju Futara (SL大樹ふたら, Esueru Taiju Futara):[1] Stops at Tobu-Nikko and Shimo-Imaichi. Passengers riding on this train must purchase the package[2] on Tobu Top Tours and so on. Runs once a month.

Stations

No. Station Japanese Distance
(in km) 		 Local Section Semi-Express  Semi-
 Express 		   Section    Express  Express  Limited
Express 		Transfer Location
  A C A C A/S    
TS30 Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen 東武動物公園 0.0 O O O O O ｜
Miyashiro Saitama
TN01 Sugito-Takanodai 杉戸高野台 3.2 O O O O O KG/KN*4・RV*4   Sugito
TN02 Satte 幸手 5.8 O O O O O | Satte
TN03 Minami-Kurihashi 南栗橋 10.4 O
*1 		O O O O
*2/*3 		| Kuki
TN04 Kurihashi 栗橋 13.9 O       O | Utsunomiya Line
TN05 Shin-Koga 新古河 20.6 O | |   Kazo
TN06 Yagyū 柳生 23.6 O | |
TN07 Itakura Tōyōdai-mae 板倉東洋大前 25.6 O O KG/KN*4・RV*4 Itakura Gunma
TN08 Fujioka 藤岡 29.5 O | | Tochigi Tochigi
TN09 Shizuwa 静和 37.3 O | |
TN10 Shin-Ōhirashita 新大平下 40.1 O O |
TN11 Tochigi 栃木 44.9 O O KN/KG・RV・KF・JR
TN12 Shin-Tochigi 新栃木 47.9 O O KN/KG*4・RV*4・KF
  • TN
    Tobu Utsunomiya Line
TN13 Kassemba 合戦場 50.0 O | |  
TN14 Ienaka 家中 52.4 O | |
TN15 Tōbu Kanasaki 東武金崎 56.6 O | |
TN16 Niregi 楡木 61.2 O | | Kanuma
TN17 Momiyama 樅山 64.2 O | |
TN18 Shin-Kanuma 新鹿沼 66.8 O O KN/KG・RV・KF・JR
TN19 Kita-Kanuma 北鹿沼 69.8 O | |
TN20 Itaga 板荷 74.9 O | |
TN21 Shimo-Goshiro 下小代 78.5 O | |
Nikkō
TN22 Myōjin 明神 81.3 O | |
TN23 Shimo-Imaichi 下今市 87.4 O O KN/KG・RV・KF・JR
TN24 Kami-Imaichi 上今市 88.4 O | |  
TN25
Tōbu-Nikkō
 東武日光 94.5 O O KG・RV・KF・JR

Notes:

History

The Nikko Line opened (dual track and electrified) on 1 October 1929.[3]

In 1943, the section north of Kassemba was reduced to single track and the recovered rails used to build the Tobu Kumagaya Line.[4]

Electric limited express services first started operating from February 1949.[3] From October 1960, new 1720 series "Deluxe Romance car" EMUs were introduced on limited express services to and from Nikko.[3]

From 1 June 1990, new 100 series "Spacia" EMUs were introduced on limited express services, and the maximum speed of these was raised to 120 km/h in 1992.[3]

A connecting track at Kurihashi was built to the JR-East Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) from 18 March 2006, allowing through-operations of Nikkō and Kinugawa limited express services to/from Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Tobu Nikko Line stations adopting the prefix "TN" in orange.[5]

The former Skytree Train and 300 series limited express trains, Rapid, and Section Rapid services were discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 21 April 2017.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ Detail
  3. ^
    ISBN 4-87366-874-3
    .
  4. ISBN 978-4-02-340135-8
    .
  5. ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  6. ^ Ueshin, Daisuke (20 April 2017). 東武スカイツリーライン快速・区間快速ラストラン、300型が最後の定期運行 [Final run for Tobu Skytree Line Rapid and Section Rapid and last regular runs for 300 series]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

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