is a

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in the city of

Utsunomiya, Tochigi is the prefectural capital city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 519,223, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Utsunomiya is famous for its '' gyoza' ...

, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Suzumenomiya Station is served by the

Utsunomiya Line The Utsunomiya Line ( ja, 宇都宮線, ) is the name given to a 163.5 kilometer section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Compan ...

( Tohoku Main Line), and is 101.8 km from the starting point of the line at . Through services to and from the Tokaido Line and

Yokosuka Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km segment between an ...

are also provided via the Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line.

Station layout

This station has an elevated station building, located above one

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and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving three tracks. However, platform 2 is not in use. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Suzumenomiya Station opened on 16 July 1895.JR East station information
Retrieved on 27 February 2009. With the

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on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The current station building was completed in March 2011.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4663 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* JGSDF Camp Utsunomiya * Suzumenomiya Jinja * * JGSDF Camp Kita-Utsunomiya

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Shonan-Shinjuku Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Tochigi Prefecture Tōhoku Main Line Utsunomiya Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1895 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Utsunomiya