Tobu World Square Station

Location
	Tobu World Square Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Tobu World Square Station Tobu World Square Station (Japan)

TN55
Tobu World Square Station

東武ワールドスクウェア駅
TN55; Tobu World Square Station; 東武ワールドスクウェア駅
	The station entrance in August 2017
General information
Location	334-10 Kinugawa-Onsen Ohara, Nikkō-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-2522; Japan
Coordinates	36°48′30.8″N 139°42′33.1″E / 36.808556°N 139.709194°E
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TN Tobu Kinugawa Line
Distance	10.6 km from Shimo-Imaichi
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Accessible	Access ramp
Other information
Station code	TN-55
Website	Official website
History
Opened	22 July 2017
Passengers
FY2019	298
Services
Location
Location
	Tobu World Square Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Tobu World Square Station Tobu World Square Station (Japan)

Tobu World Square Station (東武ワールドスクウェア駅, Tōbu Wārudo Sukuwea-eki, officially stylized as TOBU WORLD SQUARE Station) is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. It opened on 22 July 2017, and primarily serves the adjacent Tobu World Square theme park.

Lines

Tobu World Square Station is served by the 16.2 km (10.1 mi) Tobu Kinugawa Line, with direct services to and from Asakusa and Shinjuku in Tokyo. Situated between Kosagoe and Kinugawa-onsen stations, it lies 10.6 km from the starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track.^[1]

The station entrance in August 2017
The station platform looking north in August 2017
The station platform looking south in August 2017

History

Initial details of the new station were formally announced on 25 November 2016.^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 298 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

National Route 121
Tobu World Square theme park, opened in April 1993
Hotel Harvest Kinugawa
Kinugawa River

References

^ ２０１７年夏東武鬼怒川線に新駅「東武ワールドスクウェア」を開業します [New Tobu World Square Station to open on Tobu Kinugawa Line in summer 2017] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 25 November 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ 東武鉄道、新駅「東武ワールドスクウェア駅」開業へ [Tobu to open new Tobu World Square station]. tetsudo-shimbun.com (in Japanese). Japan: Tetsudo Shimbun. 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.