Tsuruta Station
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Tsuruta Station 鶴田駅 | |||||||||||
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Tsuruta Station in July 2014 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Nishikawata-machi, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-0151 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°32′18″N 139°51′31″E / 36.5382°N 139.8587°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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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).
Lines
[edit]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
[edit]The station consists of one island platform, serving two tracks and connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Nikkō Line | for Utsunomiya |
2 | ■ Nikkō Line | for Kanuma, Imaichi, and Nikkō |
History
[edit]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
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1457 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Esojima Station, on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line
- Tsuruta Ekimae Post Office
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- JR East station information (in Japanese)