Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station

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Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station (東武動物公園駅, -eki^?) is a railway station located in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

The station is on Tobu Isesaki Line and the origin of Tobu Nikkō Line.

[edit] History

• 27 August 1899: It was opened as "Sugito Station".
• 16 March 1981: It was renamed after Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen (東武動物公園, lit. Tōbu Animal Park^?) zoological-amusement park complex run by Tobu Group companies, which is ten minutes by walk from the station.

[edit] External links

• Tobu Railway Tobu Dobutsu Koen Station (in Japanese)

[edit] References

• ja:東武動物公園駅 as of 2007-05-19T03:49:46.
• ja:東武動物公園 as of 2007-07-17T12:55:31.