Shin-Fujiwara Station | |
Native Name: | 新藤原駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Fujiwara, Nikkō-shi, Tochigi-ken 399-28 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | 16.2 km from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Tracks: | 3 |
Code: | TN-58 |
Opened: | 28 December 1919 |
Electrified: | 19 March 1922 |
Former: | Fujiwara (until 1922) |
Passengers: | 726 daily (Tobu) |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Tochigi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shin-Fujiwara Station |
is a junction railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan, jointly operated by the private railway operators Yagan Railway and Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-58" in the Tobu Railway system.
Shin-Fujiwara Station is a terminal station on the Tobu Kinugawa Line, and is located 16.2km (10.1miles) from the official starting point of the line at Shimo-Imaichi Station. It is also a terminus for the Yagan Railway Aizu Kinugawa Line and is located 30.7km (19.1miles) from the opposing terminal at Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi Station.
Shin-Fujiwara Station has two island platforms serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing.
The station opened on 28 December 1919 as .[1] It was renamed Shin-Fujiwara on 19 March 1922 at the same time the line was electrified.[2]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Shin-Fujiwara Station becoming "TN-57".[3] It was renumbered "TN-58" on 21 April 2017 ahead of the opening of Tobu World Square Station (TN-55) in July 2017.[4]
In fiscal 2019, the Tobu portion of the station was used by an average of 726 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The Yagen Railway portion of the station was used by 492 passengers daily in fiscal 2016.[6]