Utsunomiya train station
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Utsunomiya Station (JR Platform)
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abbreviation | ミ ヤ ( MI-YA ) |
opening | July 16, 1885 |
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City / municipality | Utsunomiya |
prefecture | Tochigi |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 36 ° 33 '31 " N , 139 ° 53' 54" E |
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List of train stations in Japan |
The Utsunomiya Station ( Jap. 宇都宮駅 , Utsunomiya-eki ) is located in Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture . The station is an important railway junction .
Lines
Utsunomiya is served by the following lines:
- JR East Tōhoku Shinkansen
- JR East Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
- JR East Nikko Line
The Utsunomiya light rail will run from 2022 .
use
In 2006, an average of 35,773 people used the JR lines at this station every day.
history
On July 16, 1885, the station was opened by the first private railway company in Japan, the Nippon Tetsudō . The year it opened, the first Ekiben , travel provisions sold in a box, was also sold in Japan. This then quickly spread across the country.
Adjacent train stations
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Oyama |
Tōhoku Shinkansen JR East |
Nasushiobara | ||
Suzumenomiya |
Utsunomiya JR East |
Okamoto | ||
Beginning |
JR East Nikko Line |
Tsuruta |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Free, Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914: Engineering Triumphs That Transformed Meiji-era Japan, Tuttle Publishing, 2008 ( ISBN 4805310065 )
Web links
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