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Tōbu Nikkō Line
Limited Express100 series "Spacia" EMU
Limited Express
100 series "Spacia" EMU
Line length: 94.5 km (58.7 mi)
Gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Voltage: 1500 =
Legend
Head stop
{{BSkm|-|0.0}} Asakusa
Straight track
Tōbu: DownIsesaki Line
Head stop Straight track
Chūō-Rinkan
Straight track Straight track
Tōkyū: UpDownDen-en-toshi Line
Stop on track Straight track
Shibuya
Track turning left Junction from right
Tokyo Metro: UpDownHanzōmon Line
Stop on track
Oshiage
Station on track
{{BSkm|0.0|41}} Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen
Track turning from left Junction to right
Tōbu: DownLeftNikkō Line, UpDownIsesaki Line
Station on track
{{BSkm|3.2|44.2}} Sugito-Takanodai
Station on track
{{BSkm|5.8|46.8}} Satte
Station on track
{{BSkm|10.4|51.4}} Minami-Kurihashi
Track turning from left Junction to right
Non-passenger end station Straight track
Minami-Kurihashi depot
Transverse track Unknown route-map component "KRZu" Transverse track
JR-E: LeftTōhoku ShinkansenRight
Track turning from left Unknown route-map component "ABZ3rg" Unknown route-map component "KRZo"
JR-E: DownTōhoku Main (Utsunomiya) LineRight
Station on track Straight track Station on track
{{BSkm|13.9|54.9}} Kurihashi
Track turning right Track turning left Junction from right
bypass for Limited Express
Small bridge over water
Tone River
Station on track
{{BSkm|20.6|61.6}} Shin-Koga
Station on track
{{BSkm|23.6|64.6}} Yagyū
Station on track
{{BSkm|25.6|66.6}} Itakura Tōyōdai-mae
Station on track
{{BSkm|29.5|70.5}} Fujioka
Station on track
{{BSkm|37.3|78.3}} Shizuwa
Station on track
{{BSkm|40.1|81.1}} Shin-Ōhirashita
Straight track Track turning from left
JR-E: DownRyōmō LineRight
Station on track Station on track
{{BSkm|44.9|85.9}} Tochigi
Unknown route-map component "KRZo" Track turning right
Station on track
{{BSkm|47.9|88.9}} Shin-Tochigi
Track turning from left Unknown route-map component "ABZdf" Track turning from right
Tōbu: LeftUtsunomiya Line
Straight track Non-passenger end station Straight track
End stop Unknown route-map component "BS2cru" Unknown route-map component "BS2rg"
Tōbu Utsunomiya
Station on track
{{BSkm|50.0|91.0}} Kassemba
Unknown route-map component "BS2rf" Unknown route-map component "BS2clo"
Station on track
{{BSkm|52.4|93.4}} Ienaka
Station on track
{{BSkm|56.6|97.6}} Tōbu Kanasaki
Station on track
{{BSkm|61.2|102.2}} Niregi
Station on track
{{BSkm|64.2|105.2}} Momiyama
Station on track
{{BSkm|66.8|107.8}} Shin-Kanuma
Station on track
{{BSkm|69.8|110.8}} Kita-Kanuma
Station on track
{{BSkm|74.9|115.9}} Itaga
Station on track
{{BSkm|78.5|119.5}} Shimo-Goshiro
Unknown route-map component "BS2cru" Unknown route-map component "BS2rg"
Station on track
{{BSkm|81.3|122.3}} Myōjin
Unknown route-map component "BS2rf" Unknown route-map component "BS2clo"
Unknown route-map component "KRZo" Transverse track Track turning from right
JR-E: LeftNikkō LineRightDown
Station on track Station on track
{{BSkm|87.4|128.4}} Shimo-Imaichi RightImaichi
Track turning from left Transverse track Junction to right Straight track
Tōbu: 10px|LeftKinugawa Line
Abbreviated in this map Station on track Straight track
{{BSkm|88.4|129.4}} Kami-Imaichi
Unknown route-map component "ENDEr" Unknown route-map component "KRZo" Station on transverse track Track turning right
Nikkō
End station Unknown route-map component "uexKBFa"
{{BSkm|94.5|135.5}} Tōbu Nikkō
Unused straight waterway
Tōbu: DownNikkō Tranmway Line
Abbreviated in this map
Stop on track
Kinugawa Onsen
Stop on track
Shin-Fujiwara
Stop on track
Yagan Railway Aizu-kōgen Ozeguchi

Nikkō Line (日光線 Nikkō-sen ?) is a 94.5 kilometre railway line of a Japanese private railway company Tōbu Railway. It branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in Miyashiro, Saitama on the Isesaki Line, extending north to Tōbu Nikkō Station in scenic site of Nikkō, Tochigi.

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

History

A bypass track at Kurihashi was built to the JR-East Tōhoku Main (Utsunomiya) Line in March 2006. Through-operations of Limited Express Nikkō (日光 ?) and Kinugawa (きぬがわ ?) services to/from Ōmiya, Ikebukuro and Shinjuku.

Rapid service

Tōbu operates several types of rapid service on this line. Stops and service sections are as of 2006.

Local (普通 Futsū ?) (L)
Section Semi-Express (区間準急 Kukan Junkyū ?) (SSE)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, rapid service in Isesaki Line. Five service a day, to/from Asakusa
Semi-Express (準急 Junkyū ?) (SmE)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, rapid service in Isesaki Line. Through to Hanzōmon Line
Section Express (区間急行 Kukan Kyūkō ?) (SE)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, rapid service in Isesaki Line.
Express (急行 Kyūkō ?) (Ex)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, rapid service in Isesaki Line. Through to Hanzōmon Line
Section Rapid (区間快速 Kukan Kaisoku ?) (SR)
Stops all stations in Nikkō Line, the same stops in Isesaki Line with Rapid trains. Complements Rapid in day time
Rapid (快速 kaisoku ?) (R)
Two in the morning up to Asakusa, four down in the evening only. Up trains stop at all stations up to Shin-Ōhirashita for commuting service.
Limited Express (特急 Tokkyū ?)
Stops not shown. Charged for seat reservation and rapid service, from Asakusa to Tōbu Nikkō, Kinugawa Kōen.

Stations

  • S: Stop
Station L SSE SmE SE Ex SR R Location
Up to (A: Asakusa, C: Chūō-Rinkan)   A C A C A A  
Nikkō Line
Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen 東武動物公園 S   S S S S S S Miyashiro Saitama
Sugito-Takanodai 杉戸高野台 S S S S S S   Sugito
Satte 幸手 S S S S S S   Satte
Minami-Kurihashi 南栗橋 S S S S S S S   Kurihashi
Kurihashi 栗橋   S     S   S  
Shin-Koga 新古河 S S S   Kitakawabe
Yagyū 柳生 S S S  
Itakura Tōyōdai-mae 板倉東洋大前 S S S S Itakura Gunma
Fujioka 藤岡 S S S   Fujioka Tochigi
Shizuwa 静和 S S S   Iwafune
Shin-Ōhirashita 新大平下 S S S S Ōhira
Tochigi 栃木 S S S S S Tochigi
Shin-Tochigi 新栃木 S S S S S
Kassemba 合戦場 S   S S S^ Tsuga
Ienaka 家中 S S S S^
Tōbu Kanasaki 東武金崎 S S S S^ Nishikata
Niregi 楡木 S S S S^ Kanuma
Momiyama 樅山 S S S S^
Shin-Kanuma 新鹿沼 S S S S
Kita-Kanuma 北鹿沼 S S S S^
Itaga 板荷 S S S S^
Shimo-Goshiro 下小代 S S S S^ Nikkō
Myōjin 明神 S S S S^
Shimo-Imaichi 下今市 S S S S S
Kami-Imaichi 上今市 S S S S S^
Tōbu Nikkō 東武日光 S S S S S
Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area
JR lines
(Tokyo Urban/Suburban Area)
■Akabane · ■Chūō (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Hachikō · ■Itsukaichi · ■Jōban · ■Karasuyama  · ■Kawagoe · ■Keihin-Tōhoku · ■Keiyō · ■Mito · ■Musashino · ■Nambu · ■Narita · ■Negishi · ■Nikkō · ■Ōme · ■Ryōmō · ■Sagami · ■Saikyō · ■■Shōnan-Shinjuku · ■Sōbu (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Sotobō · ■Takasaki · ■Tōgane · ■Tōhoku (Utsunomiya) · ■Tōkaidō · ■Tsurumi · ■Uchibō · ■Yamanote · ■Yokohama · ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines
○Chiyoda (C) · ○Fukutoshin (F) · ○Ginza (G) · ○Hibiya (H) · ○Marunouchi (M) · ○Namboku (N) · ○Tōzai (T) · ○Yūrakuchō (Y) · ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei lines
Subway: ○Asakusa (A) · ○Ōedo (E) · ○Mita (I) · ○Shinjuku (S) · Guideway: Nippori-Toneri · Streetcar: Arakawa
Major private networks
Keikyū (Keikyū Main · Airport · Daishi · Kurihama · Zushi) · Keiō (Keiō · Keiō New · Dōbutsuen · Inokashira · Keibajō · Sagamihara · Takao) · Keisei (Keisei Main · Chiba · Chihara · Oshiage · Higashi-Narita · Kanamachi) · Odakyū (Enoshima · Odawara · Tama) · Seibu (Ikebukuro Lines: ■Ikebukuro · ■Sayama · ■Seibu Chichibu · ■Seibu Yūrakucho · ■Toshima · Shinjuku Lines: ■Shinjuku · ■Haijima · ■Kokubunji · ■Seibu-en · ■Tamagawa · ■Tamako) · Sōtetsu (Sōtetsu Main · Izumino) · Tōbu (Tōbu Main lines: Daishi · Isesaki · Kameido · Kinugawa · Kiryū · Koizumi · Nikkō · Noda · Sano · Utsunomiya · Tōjō Lines: Tōjō · Ogose) · Tōkyū (■Den-en-toshi · ■Ikegami · ■Meguro · ■Ōimachi · ■Tōkyū Tamagawa · ■Tōyoko)
Other commuter rail lines
Other lines
Monorails: Chiba Monorail · Disney Resort · Shōnan Monorail · Tama Monorail · Tokyo Monorail · People movers: New Shuttle · Seaside · Yamaguchi · Yūkarigaoka · Yurikamome · Streetcars: ■Enoden · ■Setagaya
Cable Cars/Aerial tramways
Major Terminals
Rail: Akihabara · Chiba · Ikebukuro · Kawasaki · Kita-Senju · Ōmiya · Ōtemachi · Shibuya · Shinagawa · Shinjuku · Tachikawa · Tokyo · Ueno · Yokohama · Airports: Haneda · Narita · Chofu · Ibaraki · Ports: Yokohama · Tokyo · Ibaraki
Miscellaneous







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