Utsunomiya Station

Utsunomiya Station (宇都宮駅, Utsunomiya-eki^?) is a JR East railway station located in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

Tōbu Utsunomiya Station is located 1.6 km west of this station.

Utsunomiya Station (west) and the connecting pedestrian walkway

[edit] Lines serving Utsunomiya

Tōhoku Shinkansen
Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line)
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Offers Direct service to Zushi and Shinjuku, traveling over the Utsunomiya Line from Utsunomiya to Ōmiya.
Nikkō Line
Karasuyama Line (Limited direct service. Most trips require a transfer at Hōshakuji.)

Platform	Line	Towards
1	■Tōhoku Shinkansen	Nasushiobara, Fukushima, Sendai, and Morioka
1	■Yamagata Shinkansen	Yamagata and Shinjō
4	■Tokyo-bound Shinkansen	Ōmiya, Ueno, and Tokyo
5	■Nikkō Line	Kanuma, Imaichi, and Nikkō
7 to 10	■Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line)	Yaita, Nasushiobara, Kuroiso （Some trains provide direct through service to the Karasuyama Line）
	■Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line)	Oyama, Ōmiya, Ueno （Some trains provide direct through service to the Ryōmō Line at Oyama）
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Yokohama, Zushi (Direct through service to the Yokosuka Line)

Some Nikkō Line trains operate from platform 7. Some Utsunomiya Line trains operate from platform 5.

July 16, 1885: Station opens on what is now the Tōhoku Main Line. The station also sells Japan's first Eki-ben lunch.
June 1, 1890: Nikkō Line begins operation
June 23, 1982: Tōhoku Shinkansen begins operation
November 18, 2001: Introduction of Suica-enabled ticket gates.
October 12, 2003: Introduction of Suica-enabled ticket gates for Shinkansen passes.
January 29, 2008: Introduction of Suica-only ticket gates.

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	Yamagata Shinkansen split begins at Fukushima
	Akita Shinkansen split begins at Morioka

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Ueno to Kuroiso (aka Utsunomiya Line)
Ueno - Oku - Akabane - Urawa- Saitama-Shintoshin - Ōmiya - Toro - Higashi-Ōmiya - Hasuda - Shiraoka - Shin-Shiraoka - Kuki - Higashi-Washinomiya - Kurihashi - Koga - Nogi - Mamada - Oyama - Koganei - Jichi-idai - Ishibashi - Suzumenomiya - Utsunomiya - Okamoto - Hōshakuji - Ujiie - Kamasusaka - Kataoka - Yaita - Nozaki - Nishi-Nasuno - Nasu-Shiobara - Kuroiso

Kuroiso to Morioka
Kuroiso - Takaku - Kurodahara - Toyohara - Shirasaka - Shin-Shirakawa - Shirakawa - Kutano - Izumizaki - Yabuki - Kagamiishi - Sukagawa - Asaka-Nagamori - Kōriyama - Hiwada - Gohyakugawa - Motomiya - Sugita - Nihonmatsu - Adachi - Matsukawa - Kanayagawa - Minami-Fukushima - Fukushima - Higashi-Fukushima - Date - Kōri - Fujita - Kaida - Kosugō - Shiroishi - Higashi-Shiroishi - Kita-Shirakawa - Ōgawara - Funaoka - Tsukinoki - Iwanuma - Tatekoshi - Natori - Minami-Sendai - Taishidō - Nagamachi - Sendai - Higashi-Sendai - Iwakiri - (Shin Rifu - Rifu) Rikuzen-Sannō - Kokufu-Tagajō - Shiogama - Matsushima - Atago - Shinainuma - Kashimadai - Matsuyama-Machi - Kogota - Tajiri - Semine - Umegasawa - Nitta - Ishikoshi - Yushima - Hanaizumi - Shimizuhara - Arikabe - Ichinoseki - Yamanome - Hiraizumi - Maesawa - Rikuchū-Orii - Mizusawa - Kanegasaki - Rokuhara - Kitakami - Murasakino - Hanamaki - Hanamaki Airport - Ishidoriya - Hizume - Shiwachūō - Furudate - Yahaba - Iwate-Iioka - Senbokuchō - Morioka