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Tōbu Nikkō Line

Japanese railway line

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Tobu Nikko Line
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A500 series set "Revaty" on the Nikko Line in April 2017
Overview
Owner	Tobu Railway
Locale	Kantō Region
Termini	Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tōbu Nikkō
Stations	26
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Depot(s)	Minami-Kurihashi
History
Opened	1929
Technical
Line length	94.5 km (58.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)

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km Chūō-Rinkan DT Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line Shibuya JAJSJYDTTY Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line 41 Asakusa TS Tobu Skytree Line Oshiage KSTS 0.0 Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Isesaki Line 3.2 Sugito-Takanodai 5.8 Satte 10.4 Minami-Kurihashi Minami-Kurihashi depot Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) 13.9 Kurihashi JU Limited Express bypass Tone River Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) 20.6 Shin-Koga 23.6 Yagyū 25.6 Itakura Tōyōdai-mae 29.5 Fujioka 37.3 Shizuwa 40.1 Shin-Ōhirashita Ryōmō Line 44.9 Tochigi Ryōmō Line 47.9 Shin-Tochigi Tōbu Utsunomiya Tōbu Utsunomiya Line 50.0 Kassemba 52.4 Ienaka 56.6 Tōbu Kanasaki 61.2 Niregi 64.2 Momiyama 66.8 Shin-Kanuma 69.8 Kita-Kanuma 74.9 Itaga 78.5 Shimo-Goshiro 81.3 Myōjin Nikkō Line 87.4 0.0 Shimo-Imaichi 00.0 Tobu Kinugawa Line toYagan Railway 00.0 Tobu Kinugawa Line 0.8 Daiya-Mukō 4.8 Ōkuwa 7.3 Shin-Takatoku 9.9 Kosagoe 10.6 Tobu World Square 12.4 Kinugawa-Onsen 14.5 Kinugawa-Kōen 16.2 Shin-Fujiwara Yagan Railway Kinugawa Line Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Nikkō Line 88.4 Kami-Imaichi Nikkō 94.5 Tōbu Nikkō

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 private railway company Tobu Railway. It branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen StationinMiyashiro, Saitama on the Skytree Line, extending north to Tōbu Nikkō StationinNikkō, Tochigi.

The line has two branch lines: the Utsunomiya LineatShin-Tochigi StationinTochigi, Tochigi, and the Kinugawa LineatShimo-Imaichi Station in Nikkō.

Service patterns[edit]

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 Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the 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 Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the 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 (日光・きぬがわ・スペーシアきぬがわ, JR NIKKO・KINUGAWA). Trains which are named KINUorKINUGAWA bound to Kinugawaonsen Station. Trains which are named KEGONorNIKKO, KIRIFURI bound to 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[edit]

Notes:

• O: Stop
• |: Non-stop
• 1: Terminating Services from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
• 2: Terminating Services from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line via Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line
• 3: Terminating Services from Tōbu Nikkō
• 4: Partly Services stop at the stations
• A: to/from Asakusa
• C: to/from Chūō-Rinkan
• S: to/from Shinjuku when named as JR

History[edit]

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[edit]

• List of railway lines in Japan

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tōbu Nikkō Line.

• Official website (in Japanese)