Utsunomiya Station
JR
- Tōhoku Shinkansen
- Tōhoku Main Line ( Utsunomiya Line)
- Nikko Line
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The Utsunomiya Station (Japanese宇 都 宫 駅, Utsunomiya -eki ) is located in Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture. The railway station is an important railway junction.
Lines
Utsunomiya is served by the following lines:
- JR East Tōhoku Shinkansen
- JR East Tōhoku Main Line ( Utsunomiya Line)
- JR East Nikko Line
Use
In 2006, took advantage of a daily average of 35 773 people, the JR lines at this station.
History
On July 16, 1885, the station of the first private railway company in Japan, Nippon tetsudō opened. In the year of inception, it was also the first Ekiben, one sold in a box of food for the journey, sold in Japan. This then quickly spread all over the country.