Tsuruta Station

Tsuruta Station

鶴田駅
Tsuruta Station; 鶴田駅
	Tsuruta Station in July 2014
General information
Location	Nishikawata-machi, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-0151; Japan
Coordinates	36°32′18″N 139°51′31″E / 36.5382°N 139.8587°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Nikkō Line
Distance	4.8 km from Utsunomiya
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	2 September 1902
Passengers
FY2019	1457
Services
Location
	Tsuruta Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Tsuruta Station Tsuruta Station (Japan)

Tsuruta Station (鶴田駅, Tsuruta-eki) is a railway station in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Tsuruta Station is served by the Nikkō Line, and is located 4.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Utsunomiya.

Station layout[edit]

The station consists of one island platform, serving two tracks and connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms[edit]

1	■ Nikkō Line	for Utsunomiya
2	■ Nikkō Line	for Kanuma, Imaichi, and Nikkō

History[edit]

Tsuruta Station opened on 2 September 1902. Prior to this, the area was served by Togami Station (砥上駅), which was located to the west of present-day Tsuruta Station. Togami Station was closed with the opening of Tsuruta. On 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East with the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR). A new station building was completed in March 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1457 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[edit]

Esojima Station, on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Tsuruta Ekimae Post Office

References[edit]

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links[edit]

JR East station information (in Japanese)

[jreast2019stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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