is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the

private railway A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector. Japan In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...

operator

Tobu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and ''keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second longes ...

. It opened on 22 July 2017, and primarily serves the adjacent

Tobu World Square is a theme park in Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. The theme park contains over a hundred 1:25 scale models of famous buildings, including UNESCO-designated World Cultural and Heritage Sites, complete with 140,000 1:25 miniature people. ...

theme park.

Lines

Tobu World Square Station is served by the

Tobu Kinugawa Line The is a 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. At Shimo-Imaichi Station it connects with the Tobu Nikko Lin ...

, with direct services to and from and in Tokyo. Situated between and stations, it lies 10.6 km from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

serving a single bidirectional track. File:170825 Tobu World Square Station Nikko Japan03n.jpg, The station entrance in August 2017 File:170825 Tobu World Square Station Nikko Japan04n.jpg, The station platform looking north in August 2017 File:170825 Tobu World Square Station Nikko Japan05n.jpg, The station platform looking south in August 2017

History

Initial details of the new station were formally announced on 25 November 2016.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 298 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

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theme park, opened in April 1993 * Hotel Harvest Kinugawa *

Kinugawa River , is a river on the main island of Honshu in Japan. It flows from the north to the south on the Kantō plain, merging with . At 176.7 km in length, it is the longest tributary of Tone-gawa. From ancient times, it has been known to cause flood ...

References

External links

{{Tobu Kinugawa Line Tobu Kinugawa Line Stations of Tobu Railway Railway stations in Tochigi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 2017 Nikkō, Tochigi