The Tobu Kinugawa Line (東武鬼怒川線, Tōbu Kinugawa-sen) is a 16.2 km (10.1 mi) long Japanese railway line from Shimo-Imaichi Station to Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi. It is owned and operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]
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Owner | Tobu Railway |
Locale | Tochigi Prefecture |
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Type | Heavy rail |
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Line length | 16.2 km (10.1 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary |
At Shimo-Imaichi Station it connects with the Tobu Nikko Line. At Shin-Fujiwara Station it connects with the Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line. Some trains goes beyond the Aizu Kinugawa Line terminus at Aizu-Kōgen Oze-guchi Station onto the Aizu Railway Aizu Line.
The line runs surcharged, reserved-seat limited express services from and to Asakusa and Shinjuku in Tokyo.
The whole line is electrified at 1,500 V DC, but it is single tracked except for a 0.8 km (0.50 mi) double-tracked section at Kinugawa-Onsen Station.
All stations are located within Nikkō, Tochigi.
No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | SPACIA | JR | Revaty Aizu |
Revaty Kinu |
SL&DL Taiju |
Ozatoro Tenbō Ressha YUMEGURI |
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Between stations |
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TN23 | Shimo-Imaichi | 下今市 | - | 0.0 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | Tobu Nikko Line | |
TN51 | Daiya-Mukō | 大谷向 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ↕ | ↕ | ◆ | ↕ | ↕ | ||
TN52 | Ōkuwa | 大桑 | 4.0 | 4.8 | ↕ | ↕ | ◆ | ▲ | ↕ | ||
TN53 | Shin-Takatoku | 新高徳 | 2.5 | 7.3 | △ | ↕ | ● | ▲ | ↕ | ||
TN54 | Kosagoe | 小佐越 | 2.6 | 9.9 | ↕ | ↕ | ◆ | ▲ | ↕ | ||
TN55 | Tobu World Square | 東武ワールドスクウェア | 0.7 | 10.6 | ● | ● | ● | ▲ | ↕ | ||
TN56 | Kinugawa-Onsen | 鬼怒川温泉 | 1.8 | 12.4 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
TN57 | Kinugawa-Kōen | 鬼怒川公園 | 2.1 | 14.5 | △ | ● | ↓ | ||||
TN58 | Shin-Fujiwara | 新藤原 | 1.7 | 16.2 | △ | ● | ● | Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line |
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Tobu Kinugawa Line stations adopting the prefix "TN" in orange.[3]
A new station, called Tobu World Square Station, opened between Kosagoe and Kinugawa-Onsen on 22 July 2017 to serve the nearby Tobu World Square theme park.[4] From this date, Tobu World Square Station was numbered "TN-55", and the station numbers for Kinugawa-Onsen to Shin-Fujiwara were adjusted on 21 April 2017, ahead of the opening.[4]
Tobu has leased former JNR Class C11 steam locomotive C11 207 from JR Hokkaido for use on the 12.4 km section of the Kinugawa Line between Shimo-Imaichi and Kinugawa-Onsen stations from 10 August 2017.[5] Turntables will also be installed at Shimo-Imaichi and Kinugawa-Onsen to turn the locomotive in service.[5] A two-stall engine shed is also being constructed for the steam loco at Shimo-Imaichi.