Nishi-Koizumi Station

{{short description|Railway station in Ōizumi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{TBSN|TI|46|50}}
Nishi-Koizumi Station

| native_name = 西小泉駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Nishi-Koizumi Station 20200627.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Nishi-Koizumi Station in June 2020

| other_name =

| address = 4-31-10 Nishi-Koizumi, Ōizumi-machi, Ōra-gun, Gunma-ken

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|36|15|30|N|139|24|30|E|type:railwaystation|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 36px Tōbu Railway

| line = 18px Tōbu Koizumi Line

| distance = 13.2 km from {{STN| Tatebayashi|x}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| connections =

| structure =

| code = TI-46

| website = {{Official website|1=http://railway.tobu.co.jp/guide/station/info/2707.html}}

| opened = December 1, 1941

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 1523 daily

| pass_year = FY2019

| map_type = Japan Gunma Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Nishi-Koizumi Station

| services={{Adjacent stations|system=Tobu

|line=Koizumi|left=Koizumimachi|note-left={{TBSN|TI|45}}}}

}}

{{nihongo|Nishi-Koizumi Station|西小泉駅|Nishi-Koizumi-eki}} is a passenger railway station in the town of Ōizumi, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is numbered "TI-46".

Lines

Nishi-Koizumi Station is a terminal station of the Tōbu Koizumi Line, and is located 13.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at {{STN|Tatebayashi|x}}.

Station layout

File:Tobu-railway-TI46-Nishi-koizumi-station-platform-20141231-112256.jpg

The station consists of a single dead-headed island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1,2|first=4|name= Tōbu Koizumi Line |col= Red|dir= for {{STN|Higashi-Koizumi|x}}
for {{STN|Tatebayashi|x}}}}

History

The first station was originally opened to serve the Koizumi plant of Nakajima Aircraft Company as a station of Sengoku-Kashi Freight Line operated by Tōbu Railway company on December 1, 1941. There were 32 services of a day between Nishi-Koizumi station and Ōta Station.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

From March 17, 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Nishi-Koizumi Station becoming "TI-46".{{cite web|url= http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/017af1e69f2ac63a8b2dea3d14de7a49/120209_1.pdf?date=20120313092459|script-title= ja:「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します|trans-title= Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time|date= 9 February 2012|work= Tobu News|publisher= Tobu Railway|language= Japanese|format= pdf|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120808143320/http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/017af1e69f2ac63a8b2dea3d14de7a49/120209_1.pdf?date=20120313092459|archivedate= 8 August 2012|accessdate= 1 June 2015|url-status= dead}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1523 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url=https://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/|script-title=ja:駅情報(乗降人員)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)|year= 2020|publisher= Tobu Railway|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 2 August 2020}}