Utsunomiya Station
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Utsunomiya Station (宇都宮駅 Utsunomiya-eki?) is a JR East railway station located in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Tobu Utsunomiya Station is located 1.6 kilometre west of this station.
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[edit] Lines Serving Utsunomiya
- Tōhoku Shinkansen
- Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line)
- Shonan-Shinjuku Line
- Nikkō Line
- Karasuyama Line (Limited direct through service offered on the Utsunomiya Line via Utsunomiya and Okamoto to Hōshukuji and beyond.)
[edit] Platform Useage
| Platform | Line | Towards |
| 1 | ■Tōhoku Shinkansen | Nasushiobara, Fukushima, Sendai, and Morioka |
| ■Yamagata Shinkansen | Yamagata and Shinjo | |
| 4 | ■Tokyo-bound Shinkansen | Omiya, Ueno, and Tokyo |
| 5 | ■Nikkō Line | Kanuma, Imaichi, and Nikkō |
| 7～10 | ■Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line) | Yaita, Nasushiobara, Kuroiso （Some trains provide direct through service to the Karasuyama Line） |
| ■Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line) | Oyama, Ōmiya, Ueno （Some trains provide direct through service to the Ryomō Line at Oyama） | |
| ■Shonan-Shinjuku Line | Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Yokohama, Zushi (Direct through service to the Yokosuka Line) |
- Some Nikkō Line trains operate from platform 7. Some Utsunomiya Line trains operate from platform 5.
[edit] Surrounding area
[edit] History
- July 16, 1885: Station opened on what is now the Tōhoku Main Line. The station also sold Japan's first Eki-ben lunch.
- June 1, 1890: Nikkō Line begins operation
- June 23, 1982: Tōhoku Shinkansen begins operation
[edit] Adjacent stations
Stations of the JR Tōhoku Shinkansen Line
Tokyo - Ueno - Ōmiya - Oyama - Utsunomiya - Nasushiobara - Shin-Shirakawa - Kōriyama - Fukushima - Shiroishi-Zaō - Sendai - Furukawa - Kurikoma-Kōgen - Ichinoseki - Mizusawa-Esashi - Kitakami - Shin-Hanamaki - Morioka - Iwate-Numakunai - Ninohe - Hachinohe
| Yamagata Shinkansen split begins at Fukushima | ||
| Akita Shinkansen split begins at Morioka |
Stations of the JR Tōhoku Main Line
Stations of the JR Nikkō Line
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