Utsunomiya Station

Railway station in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
the Tobu Railway station

Utsunomiya Station (宇都宮駅) is a railway station in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station also is a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Utsunomiya Station East is the current terminus of the Utsunomiya Light Rail line located in front of the East Exit, while Tōbu Utsunomiya Station is located 1.6 km west of this station.

The elevated Shinkansen platforms are designed to handle 16 car trains. Inbound and outbound trains have their own platform. An additional two through (passing) tracks (tracks 2 and 3) are located between the platforms. The platforms for local trains are a combination of both island and individual platforms, designed to handle 15 car trains. A side track (often used for freight trains) is located between platforms 5 and 7. LED information signboards are located on the 2nd floor concourse both outside and within the ticket gates. Further LED signboards are located on each individual platform.

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

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 37,374 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Utsunomiya Station East (宇都宮駅東口) is the current terminus of the light rail line, located in front of the East Exit. The station is also called "Light Cube Utsunomiya mae" (ライトキューブ宇都宮前) named after the nearby convention center .

Utsunomiya Light Rail has an extension plan to overcross the JR conventional lines, undercross the elevated Tohoku Shinkansen line, open another station in front of the West Exit, Utsunomiya Station West, and extend the line to points further west.

Track 4 has not been used since August 27, 2023.

Buses bound for Fujimigaoka via Hanada and Utsunomiya Commercial high school or Takebayashi and FKD operated by Kanto Transportation depart from and arrive at this track. OperatorNOViaDestinationNoteKanto Transportation16 Imaizumi 5 chome・Takebayashi JumonjiFujimigaoka DanchiImaizumi 5 chome・Takebayahsi Jumonji・Saiseikai HospitalMiyajimacho Jumonji・Utsunomiya Commercial Highschool18 Imaizumi 5 chome・Takebayshi JumonjiSaiseikai Hospital60 Imaizumi 5 chome・Takebayashi Jumonji・Saiseikai Hospital・Ustunomiya Kita Highschool・Toyosato Chuo Elementary SchoolTeikyo UniversityMiyajima Jumonji・Utsunomiya Commercial Highschool・Toyosato Chuo Elementary schoolToyosatodai or Teikyo UniversityThere are services which don't stop at all bus stops between this bus stop and Teikyo University the last. Miyajima Jumonji・Utsunomiya Commercial Highschool・Toyosato Chuo Elementary school・Toyosatodai・Teikyo UniversityUtsunomiya Museum61 Miyajima Jumonji・Utsunomiya Commercial Highschool・Toyosato Chuo Elementary school・Toyosatodai・ShimotaharaUtsunomiya Green TownMiyajima Jumonji・Utsunomiya Commercial Highschool・Toyosato Chuo Elementary school・Shimo Takarai62 Miyajima Jumonji・Utsunomiya Commercial Highschool・Toyosato Chuo Elementary school・Shimotahara・Nakazatobara JumonjiImazatoMiyajima Jumonji・Utsunomiya Commercial Highschool・Toyosato Chuo Elementary school・Shimotahara・Nakazatobara Jumonji・Imazato・Omiya shitamachiTamanyu Shako64 Miyajima Jumonji・Utsunomiya Commercial Highschool・Toyosato Chuo Elementary school・Toyosatodai・Taikyo UniversityNew Fujimigaoka Danchi

Buses bound for Otani Kaido Avenue via Babacho and Prefectural operated by Kanto Transportation depart from and arrive at this track. OperatorNOViaDestinationNoteKanto Transportation10 Tōbu Utsunomiya Station・Sakuradori Jumonji・Sakushin Gakuin UniversityKomanyu OfficeThere are partly services which bound for Sakushin Gakuin, and don't stop at all bus stops between this bus stop and Komanyu Office. There are midnight buses. The partly buses run on only weekdays bound for Komanyu via Tochigi Kenko no Mori. 45 Tōbu Utsunomiya Station・Sakuradori Jumonji・Sakushin Gakuin University・Shiroyama chiku Citizen Center・Oya Heiwa Kan'non・Oya ShiryokanTateiwa46 Tōbu Utsunomiya Station・Sakuradori Jumonji・Sakushin Gakuin University・Yozei junior high school・Takaragi・NiradukaRomantic Village47 Tōbu Utsunomiya Station・Sakuradori Jumonji・Sakushin Gakuin University・Shiroyama chiku Citizen Center・New Sunpia Tochigi・Kanuma Station・Tori ato machiKanuma Office

OperatorNOViaDestinationNoteKanto Transportation10 and so onTōbu Utsunomiya Station・Sakuradori Jumonji・Sakushin Gakuin UniversityKomanyu OfficeThere are partly services which bound for Sakushin Gakuin, and don't stop at all bus stops between this bus stop and Komanyu Office. The partly buses run on only weekdays bound for Komanyu via Tochigi Kenko no Mori.