# Tōbu Nikkō Line

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The Tobu Nikko Line (東武日光線, Tōbu Nikkō-sen) is a 94.5-kilometre (58.7 mi) railway line in Japan operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway. It branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in Miyashiro, Saitama on the Skytree Line, extending north to Tōbu Nikkō Station in Nikkō, Tochigi.
The line has two branch lines: the Utsunomiya Line at Shin-Tochigi Station in Tochigi, Tochigi, and the Kinugawa Line at Shimo-Imaichi Station in Nikkō.

## Service patterns

As of March 2013, stops and service patterns are
* Local (普通, Futsū): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line. Through to/from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line;
* Section Semi-Express (区間準急, Kukan Junkyū): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Skytree Line;
* Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Skytree Line. Through to/from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line;
* Section Express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, limited-stop service on the Skytree Line;
* Express (急行, Kyūkō): Stops at all stations on the Nikko Line, express service on the Skytree Line. Through to/from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line via the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line.
* Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū): Stops at partly stations on the Nikko Line, Limited express also services on the Skytree Line. There are Limited Express which are 4 types of KN/KG (スペーシアきぬ・けごん, SPACIA KINU・KEGON)・RV (リバティきぬ・けごん・会津, REVATY KINU・KEGON・AIZU)・KF (きりふり, KIRIFURI)・JR (日光・きぬがわ・スペーシアきぬがわ, JR NIKKO・KINUGAWA). Trains which are named KINU or KINUGAWA bound to Kinugawaonsen Station. Trains which are named KEGON or NIKKO, KIRIFURI bound to Tobu-Nikko Station. Trains which are named AIZU bound to Aizu-Tajima Station.
* SL Taiju Futara (SL大樹ふたら, Esueru Taiju Futara): Stops at Tobu-Nikko and Shimo-Imaichi. Passengers riding on this train must purchase the package on Tobu Top Tours and so on. Runs once a month.

## Stations

| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (in km) | Local | Section Semi-Express | Semi- Express | Section Express | Express | Limited Express | Transfer | Location | Location |
| | | | | | A | C | A | C | A/S | | | |
| TS30 | Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen | 東武動物公園 | 0.0 | O | O | O | O | O | ｜ | TS Tobu Skytree Line (through to/from Asakusa) TI Tobu Isesaki Line | Miyashiro | Saitama |
| TN01 | Sugito-Takanodai | 杉戸高野台 | 3.2 | O | O | O | O | O | KG/KN*4・RV*4 | | Sugito | Saitama |
| TN02 | Satte | 幸手 | 5.8 | O | O | O | O | O | | | | Satte | Saitama |
| TN03 | Minami-Kurihashi | 南栗橋 | 10.4 | O *1 | O | O | O | O *2/*3 | | | | Kuki | Saitama |
| TN04 | Kurihashi | 栗橋 | 13.9 | O | | | | O | | | Utsunomiya Line | Kuki | Saitama |
| TN05 | Shin-Koga | 新古河 | 20.6 | O | | | | | | | | | Kazo | Saitama |
| TN06 | Yagyū | 柳生 | 23.6 | O | | | | | | | | | Kazo | Saitama |
| TN07 | Itakura Tōyōdai-mae | 板倉東洋大前 | 25.6 | O | | | | O | KG/KN*4・RV*4 | | Itakura | Gunma |
| TN08 | Fujioka | 藤岡 | 29.5 | O | | | | | | | | | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| TN09 | Shizuwa | 静和 | 37.3 | O | | | | | | | | | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| TN10 | Shin-Ōhirashita | 新大平下 | 40.1 | O | | | | O | | | | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| TN11 | Tochigi | 栃木 | 44.9 | O | | | | O | KN/KG・RV・KF・JR | Ryōmō Line | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| TN12 | Shin-Tochigi | 新栃木 | 47.9 | O | | | | O | KN/KG*4・RV*4・KF | TN Tobu Utsunomiya Line | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| TN13 | Kassemba | 合戦場 | 50.0 | O | | | | | | | | | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| TN14 | Ienaka | 家中 | 52.4 | O | | | | | | | | | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| TN15 | Tōbu Kanasaki | 東武金崎 | 56.6 | O | | | | | | | | | Tochigi | Tochigi |
| TN16 | Niregi | 楡木 | 61.2 | O | | | | | | | | | Kanuma | Tochigi |
| TN17 | Momiyama | 樅山 | 64.2 | O | | | | | | | | | Kanuma | Tochigi |
| TN18 | Shin-Kanuma | 新鹿沼 | 66.8 | O | | | | O | KN/KG・RV・KF・JR | | Kanuma | Tochigi |
| TN19 | Kita-Kanuma | 北鹿沼 | 69.8 | O | | | | | | | | | Kanuma | Tochigi |
| TN20 | Itaga | 板荷 | 74.9 | O | | | | | | | | | Kanuma | Tochigi |
| TN21 | Shimo-Goshiro | 下小代 | 78.5 | O | | | | | | | | | Nikkō | Tochigi |
| TN22 | Myōjin | 明神 | 81.3 | O | | | | | | | | | Nikkō | Tochigi |
| TN23 | Shimo-Imaichi | 下今市 | 87.4 | O | | | | O | KN/KG・RV・KF・JR | TN Tobu Kinugawa Line | Nikkō | Tochigi |
| TN24 | Kami-Imaichi | 上今市 | 88.4 | O | | | | | | | | | Nikkō | Tochigi |
| TN25 | Tōbu-Nikkō | 東武日光 | 94.5 | O | | | | O | KG・RV・KF・JR | Nikkō Line (Nikkō Station) | Nikkō | Tochigi |
Notes:
* O: Stop
* |: Non-stop
* 1: Terminating Services from Naka-Meguro on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
* 2: Terminating Services from Chūō-Rinkan on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line via Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line
* 3: Terminating Services from Tōbu Nikkō
* 4: Partly Services stop at the stations
* A: to/from Asakusa
* C: to/from Chūō-Rinkan
* S: to/from Shinjuku when named as JR

## History

The Nikko Line opened (dual track and electrified) on 1 October 1929.
In 1943, the section north of Kassemba was reduced to single track and the recovered rails were used to build the Tobu Kumagaya Line.
Electric limited express services first started operating from February 1949. From October 1960, new 1720 series "Deluxe Romance car" EMUs were introduced on limited express services to and from Nikko.
From 1 June 1990, new 100 series "Spacia" EMUs were introduced on limited express services, and the maximum speed of these was raised to 120 km/h in 1992.
A connecting track at Kurihashi was built to the JR-East Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) from 18 March 2006, allowing through-operations of Nikkō and Kinugawa limited express services to/from Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Tobu Nikko Line stations adopting the prefix "TN" in orange.
The former Skytree Train and 300 series limited express trains, Rapid, and Section Rapid services were discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 21 April 2017.