Yashū-Hirakawa Station

Railway station in Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

36°24′05″N 139°45′14″E / 36.4015°N 139.7538°E / 36.4015; 139.7538Operated by

Tobu RailwayLine(s)■ Tobu Utsunomiya LineDistance2.0 km from Shin-TochigiPlatforms2 side platformsOther informationStation codeTN-31WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 October 1944PassengersFY20191009 daily Services

Preceding station	Tobu Railway			Following station
Shin-Tochigi TN12 Terminus		Utsunomiya Line		Yashū-Ōtsuka TN32 towards Tōbu-Utsunomiya

Location
Yashū-Hirakawa Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Yashū-Hirakawa Station Yashū-Hirakawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Yashū-Hirakawa Station (野州平川駅, Yashū-Hirakawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-31".

Lines

Yashū-Hirakawa Station is served by the Tobu Utsunomiya Line, and is 2.0 km from the starting point of the line at Shin-Tochigi.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

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

History

Yashū-Hirakawa Station opened on 1 October 1944. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Yashū-Hirakawa Station becoming "TN-31".^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1009 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Hirakawa Industrial Park

References

^ 「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.
^ 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.