Shin-Kiryū Station

Railway station in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

36°23′43″N 139°19′12″E / 36.3952°N 139.3201°E / 36.3952; 139.3201Operated by

Tōbu Kiryū LineDistance14.6 km from ŌtaPlatforms1 side +1 island platformOther informationStation codeTI-55WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedMarch 19, 1913PassengersFY20192204 daily Services

Preceding station	Tobu Railway			Following station
Ōta TI53 towards Asakusa		Ryomo		Aioi TI56 towards Akagi
Azami TI54 towards Ōta		Kiryū Line		Aioi TI56 towards Akagi

Location
Shin-Kiryū Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Shin-Kiryū Station Shin-Kiryū Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shin-Kiryū Station (新桐生駅, Shin-Kiryū-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Tōbu Kiryū Line in the city of Kiryū, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.

Lines

Shin-Kiryū Station is a station on the Tōbu Kiryū Line, and is located 14.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōta.

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by an underground passage.

Platforms

1	■ Tōbu Kiryū Line	for Ōta
2	■ Tōbu Kiryū Line	for Akagi
3	■ Tōbu Kiryū Line	not in normal use

History

Shin-Kiryū Station was opened on March 19, 1913. A new station building was completed in 1988. ^{[citation needed]} From March 17, 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Shin-Kiryū Station becoming "TI-55".^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2204 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Kiryū City Hall
National Route 50
National Route 122

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 22 October 2013.
^ 市内鉄道の年間乗降客数 [Annual number of passengers on the city rail] (in Japanese). Japan: Kiryū City. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020. (in Japanese)