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Type
  
Heavy rail

Stations
  
26

Depot(s)
  
Minami-Kurihashi

Owner
  
Tobu Railway

Locale
  
Kantō Region

Opened
  
1929

Line length
  
94.5 km (58.7 mi)

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Terminis
  
Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station, Tōbu Nikkō Station

The Tobu Nikko Line (東武日光線, Tōbu Nikkō-sen) is a 94.5 km railway line in Japan operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway. It branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in Miyashiro, Saitama on the Skytree Line, extending north to Tōbu Nikkō Station in Nikkō, Tochigi.

Contents

The line has two branch lines: the Utsunomiya Line at Shin-Tochigi Station in Tochigi, Tochigi, and the Kinugawa Line at Shimo-Imaichi Station in Nikkō.

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Service patterns

As of March 2013, stops and service patterns are as follows.

Local (普通, Futsū) (L)
Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line. Through to/from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Asakusa
Section Semi-Express (区間準急, Kukan Junkyū) (SSE)
Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Isesaki Line.
Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SmE)
Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Isesaki 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) (SE)
Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Isesaki Line.
Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)
Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, rapid service on the Isesaki Line. Through to/from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
Section Rapid (区間快速, Kukan Kaisoku) (SR)
Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, the same stops on the Isesaki Line as Rapid trains. Complements Rapid services during the daytime
Rapid (快速, Kaisoku) (R)
Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū)
Stops not shown. Seat reservation fee applies, from Asakusa to Tobu Nikko and Kinugawa Kōen.

Stations

  • O:Stop, |:No Stop
  • *1: Terminating Services from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
  • *2: Terminating Services from Asakusa on the Tobu Skytree Line

    • History

    The Nikko Line opened (dual track and electrified) on 1 October 1929.

    In 1943, the section north of Kassemba was reduced to single track and the recovered rails used to build the Tobu Kumagaya Line.

    Electric limited express services first started operating from February 1949. From October 1960, new 1720 series "Deluxe Romance car" EMUs were introduced on limited express services to and from Nikko.

    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.

    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.

    References

    Tōbu Nikkō Line Wikipedia
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