Itaga Station

Railway station in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
36°37′12″N 139°42′28″E / 36.62000°N 139.70778°E / 36.62000; 139.70778Operated by Tobu RailwayLine(s) Tobu Nikko LineDistance74.9 km from Tōbu-Dōbutsu-KōenPlatforms1 island platformOther informationStation codeTN-20WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened7 July 1929PassengersFY202087 daily Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Kita-Kanuma
TN19
 Nikkō Line
Local
 Shimo-Goshiro
TN21
Location
Itaga Station is located in Tochigi Prefecture
Itaga Station
Itaga Station
Location within Tochigi Prefecture
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Itaga Station is located in Japan
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Itaga Station (板荷駅, Itaga-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-20".

Lines

Itaga Station platform in August 2021

Itaga Station is served by the Tobu Nikko Line, and is 74.9 km from the starting point of the line at Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen.[1]

Station layout

The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1 ■ Tobu Nikko Line for Shin-Tochigi and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
2 ■ Tobu Nikko Line for Tōbu-Nikkō

History

Itaga Station opened on 7 July 1929.[1] The platforms were lengthened in 2006.[citation needed]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Itaga Station becoming "TN-20".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 87 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

Itaga Station is located in a rural area south of the center of former Itaga Village

  • Kanuma City Itaga Cultural Center

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ^ 「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. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

Media related to Itaga Station at Wikimedia Commons

  • Itaga Station information Archived 2019-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)