Nishi-Kawada Station

Nishi-Kawada Station 西川田駅
Nishi-Kawada Station in February 2010
Location	5-1-17 Nishi-Kawada, Utsunomiya, Tochigi （栃木県都宮市西川田5丁目1-17） Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Other information
Station code	TN-37
History
Opened	1931
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	2260 daily

Nishi-Kawada Station (西川田駅 Nishi-Kawada-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-37".

Lines

Nishi-Kawada Station is served by the Tobu Utsunomiya Line, and is 18.3 km from the starting point of the line at Shin-Tochigi.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform connected to the station building by an underground passageway.

Platforms

1	■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line	for Tōbu Utsunomiya
2	■ Tobu Utsunomiya Line	for Tochigi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōbu Utsunomiya Line
Limited Express Shimotsuke: Does not stop at this station
Yasuzuka		-	Esojima

History

Nishi-Kawada Station opened on 11 August 1931. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Nishi-Kawada Station becoming "TN-37".^[1]

Surrounding area

• Tochigi General Sports Center
• JGSDF Camp Kita-Utunomiya

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°30′53″N 139°51′03″E / 36.51472°N 139.85083°E