Yashū-Hirakawa Station

TN31
Yashū-Hirakawa Station

野州平川駅
Yashū-Hirakawa Station in August 2021
General information
Location2290-19 Omiya-machi, Tochigi-shi, Tochigi-ken 328-0011
Japan
Coordinates36°24′05″N 139°45′14″E / 36.4015°N 139.7538°E / 36.4015; 139.7538
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s)■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Distance2.0 km from Shin-Tochigi
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
Station codeTN-31
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 October 1944
Passengers
FY20191009 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Shin-Tochigi
TN12
Terminus
 Utsunomiya Line Yashū-Ōtsuka
TN32
towards Tōbu-Utsunomiya
Location
Yashū-Hirakawa Station is located in Tochigi Prefecture
Yashū-Hirakawa Station
Yashū-Hirakawa Station
Location within Tochigi Prefecture
Yashū-Hirakawa Station is located in Japan
Yashū-Hirakawa Station
Yashū-Hirakawa Station
Yashū-Hirakawa Station (Japan)

Yashū-Hirakawa Station (野州平川駅, Yashū-Hirakawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-31".

Platforms and a train, 2016

Lines

Yashū-Hirakawa Station is served by the Tobu Utsunomiya Line, and is 2.0 km from the starting point of the line at Shin-Tochigi.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1 ■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line for Tochigi
2 ■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line for Tōbu Utsunomiya

History

Yashū-Hirakawa Station opened on 1 October 1944. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Yashū-Hirakawa Station becoming "TN-31".[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1009 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

  • Hirakawa Industrial Park

See also

References

  1. ^ 「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 27 May 2015.
  2. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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