Yoto 3-chome Station
Yoto 3-chome Station 陽東3丁目停留場 | |||||||||||
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 View of the station in November 2023 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | Shin-Utsunomiya Rehabilitation Hospital mae | ||||||||||
| Location | Yōtō-3, Utsunomiya, Tochigi Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°33′26.3″N 139°55′23.5″E / 36.557306°N 139.923194°E | ||||||||||
| System | light rail station | ||||||||||
| Owner | Utsunomiya City and Haga Town | ||||||||||
| Manager | Utsunomiya Light Rail | ||||||||||
| Line | Utsunomiya Haga Light Rail Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 2.1 km from Utsunomiya Station East | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Tram routes | 1 | ||||||||||
Tram operators |  Utsunomiya Light Rail | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | 05 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 26 August 2023 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2024 | 900 (daily)[1]  29.12% | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Yoto 3-chome Station (陽東3丁目停留場, Yōtō san-chōme Teiryūjō) is a station serving the Utsunomiya Light Rail, located in Utsunomiya. The station number is 05.
The operator of Shin-Utsunomiya Rehabilitation Hospital has purchased the right to choose the secondary name for the station, and the station has the secondary name Shin-Utsunomiya Rehabilitation Hospital mae (新宇都宮リハビリテーション病院前, Shin-Utsunomiya rihabirite-shon byōin mae).[2]
History
In the light rail's planning phase, the placeholder name for the station was Yoto.[3] The station name was changed to the current name on April 23, 2021. On August 26, 2023, the station opened with the Utsunomiya Light Rail.[4][5]
Station layout
The station is built at-grade, with two tracks and platforms.
Platforms
| 1 |  |
for Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park |
| 2 | for Utsunomiya |
References
- ↑ "駅別乗降客数 2024年度（令和6年度）版". 国土数値情報ダウンロードサイト (Number of passengers boarding and disembarking by station 2024 (Reiwa 6) version) (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan). Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ 宇都宮市役所. "LRT副停留場名称が決定しました（ネーミングライツ）". 宇都宮市公式Webサイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2024-10-06. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ↑ "芳賀・宇都宮LRT停留場名称の決定について" (PDF).
- ↑ 宇都宮市役所. "いよいよ開業！ライトラインに乗ってお出掛けしませんか". 宇都宮市公式Webサイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ↑ "LRT 8月26日開業 宇都宮市と芳賀町、近く運輸開始認可手続きへ｜下野新聞デジタル". 下野新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-18.