Mibu Station (壬生駅, Mibu-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line in Mibu, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. The station is numbered "TN-33".

TN33
Mibu Station

壬生駅
Mibu Station in November 2020
General information
Location3-1 Ekihigashi-cho, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi
(栃木県下都賀郡壬生町駅東町3-1)
Japan
Operated byTobu Railway
Line(s)Tobu Utsunomiya Line
Other information
Station codeTN-33
History
Opened1931
Passengers
FY20112,119 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Yashū-Ōtsuka
TN32
towards Shin-Tochigi
Utsunomiya Line Kuniya
TN34
The platform in August 2021

Lines edit

Mibu Station is served by the Tobu Utsunomiya Line, and is 7.3 km from the starting point of the line at Shin-Tochigi.

Station layout edit

The station consists of one island platforms connected to the station building by an underground passageway.

Platforms edit

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

History edit

Mibu Station opened on 11 August 1931. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Mibu Station becoming "TN-33".[1]

Surrounding area edit

  • Mibu Town Hall
  • Site of former Mibu Castle
  • Mibu Central Post Office

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 「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. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

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36°25′22″N 139°48′18″E / 36.4227°N 139.8051°E / 36.4227; 139.8051