Timetable information
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Location
History
Shimotsuke-Ōsawa Station opened on 1 November 1929 on what is now JR East's Nikkō Line, in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture. Freight handling ended on 15 December 1962 and parcel service on 15 March 1970, with a footbridge between platforms entering service the day before. The station was made unattended on 1 October 1971 and passed to JR East with JNR's 1987 privatisation. The reading of the name was changed from Shimozuke-Ōsawa to Shimotsuke-Ōsawa on 1 December 1990, and staffed operations resumed in 1995. Ticket-window sales ended on 14 March 2008, replaced the following day by simple Suica readers. A new west-side station building opened on 4 December 2010.
Notes
The station opened in 1929 with its name read Shimozuke-Ōsawa; the official reading was changed to Shimotsuke-Ōsawa on 1 December 1990.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mister0124 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18