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Higashi-Koizumi Station

Railway station in Ōizumi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

36°15′34″N 139°25′45″E / 36.25944°N 139.42917°E / 36.25944; 139.42917Operated by

Tōbu Koizumi LineDistance11.0 km from TatebayashiPlatforms1 island platformOther informationStation codeTI-44WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedDecember 1, 1941PassengersFY20191517 daily Services

Preceding station	Tobu Railway			Following station
Shinozuka TI43 towards Tatebayashi		Koizumi Line		Koizumimachi TI45 towards Nishi-Koizumi
Terminus		Koizumi Line branch line		Ryūmai TI47 towards Ōta

Location
Higashi-Koizumi Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Higashi-Koizumi Station Higashi-Koizumi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Higashi-Koizumi Station (東小泉駅, Higashi-Koizumi-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Ōizumi, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is numbered "TI-44".

Lines

Higashi-Koizumi Station is served by the Tōbu Koizumi Line, and is located 11.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tatebayashi. It is also the terminal station of a branch line of the Tōbu Koizumi Line, which terminates at Ōta 9.1 kilometers away.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Tōbu Koizumi Line	for Nishi-Koizumi for Tatebayashi
2	■ Tōbu Koizumi Line	for Ōta

History

Higashi-Koizumi Station opened on December 1, 1941, and elevated to a full passenger station in April 1942. It reverted to a signal stop in 1955, and was not restored as a passenger station until 1977^{[citation needed]} From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Higashi-Koizumi Station becoming "TI-44".^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1517 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

National Route 354

References

Zenkoku Tetsudo Jijo Daikenkyu ISBN 4-7942-1291-7
Ekisha Saihakken ISBN 4-533-03675-9
Tetsudo Haisen Ato o Aruku ISBN 4-533-02743-1

^ 「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 22 October 2013.
^ 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.