Ninomiya train station
| Ninomiya ( 二 宮 ) | |
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 Reception building (April 2007)
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| Location in the network | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | JT13 |
| opening | April 15, 1902 |
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| City / municipality | Ninomiya |
| prefecture | Kanagawa |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 17 '56 " N , 139 ° 15' 27" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 21 m TP |
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| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Ninomiya Station ( Jap. 二宮駅 , Ninomiya-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Honshu , operated by the railway company JR East . It is located in Kanagawa Prefecture in the Ninomiya City area .
description
Ninomiya is a through station and former connecting station on the Tōkaidō main line operated by JR East , one of the most important railway lines in Japan. There is a lot of traffic with a large number of regional and express trains ; During rush hour, up to 13 trains stop here every hour in each direction. Particularly noteworthy are the Commuter Rapid ( 通勤 快速 , Tsūkin Kaisoku ) from Tokyo to Odawara and the Shōnan Liner ( 湘南 ラ イ ナ ー , Shōnan Rainā ). In addition, individual trains on the Shōnan-Shinjuku line operate via the nominal terminus Ōfuna to Odawara. The bus terminals on the north and south forecourt are served by more than two dozen lines operated by Kanagawa Chūō Kōtsū and the city bus Ninomiya.
The station is on the northern edge of the city center and faces east to west. It has four tracks, two of which are used for passenger traffic. These are located on a covered central platform on the south side. The station building has the shape of a riding station that spans the southern pair of tracks. This is followed by a pedestrian passage over the northern pair of tracks and enables a continuous connection across the entire facility. A bronze statue has been standing on the southern forecourt since 2011, which represents a figure from the children's book Garasu no Usagi ("Glass Rabbit").
In the 2017 fiscal year, an average of 13,563 passengers used the station every day.
history
Although the state railway administration had put the section of the Tōkaidō main line through Ninomiya into operation as early as 1887, the trains initially ran here without stopping for several years. The station was finally opened on April 15, 1902. From August 1, 1906, the Shōnan tram ran from Ninomiya to the city of Hadano, ten kilometers further north . Due to changed traffic flows, the tram had to cease operations on October 9, 1935, and the final shutdown followed on August 25, 1935.
Five people died on August 5, 1945 when an American P-51 fighter plane bombed the station. One of the dead was also the father of the later children's book author Toshiko Takagi , who processed the traumatic experience in her autobiographical work Garasu no Usagi , published in 1979 . For cost reasons, the Japanese State Railways stopped handling goods on September 25, 1971, and checked baggage on March 15, 1972. As part of the privatization of the state railway, the station passed into the possession of the new company JR East on April 1, 1987 .
Adjacent train stations
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.svg){kind=logo} Main Tōkaidō Line, JR East |
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JR East Shonan-Shinjuku Line |
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 Shōnan tram (1906–1937) Shōnan Kidō |
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Web links
- JR East Station Information (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ JR 時刻表 2018 年 3 月 号 (JR timetable March 2018). Kōtsū shinbunsha, Tokyo 2018.
- ↑ 各 駅 の 乗車 人員. 2017 Passenger Statistics. East Japan Railway Company , 2018, accessed June 10, 2019 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b Tetsu Ishino (Ed.): 停車場 変 遷 大事 典 国 鉄 ・ JR 編 1 . JTB, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 4-533-02980-9 (station change directory JNR / JR).
- ↑ Keisuke Imao: 日本 鉄 道 旅行 地 図 帳 (Japan Rail Travel Atlas ) . tape 4 Kantō. Shinchosha, Tokyo 2008, ISBN 978-4-10-790022-7 .
- ↑ 二 宮 か ら 不 戦 の 発 信 を. townnews.co.jp, August 19, 2011, accessed June 10, 2019 (Japanese).