Ishibashi Station (石橋駅, Ishibashi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ishibashi Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and is 95.4 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo. Through services to and from the Tokaido Line and Yokosuka Line are also provided via the Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line.

Station layout

This station has an elevated station building, located above two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1  Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya, Nasushiobara, Kuroiso
2  Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line)
 Shōnan–Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)

History

Ishibashi Station opened on 16 July 1895.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4860 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ JR East station information. Retrieved on 27 February 2009. (in Japanese)
  2. ^ 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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