It is 41.0 km from the line's Tokyo terminus at Asakusa.

Track 1 does not exist, and platform numbering starts from Platform 2 The station opened on 27 August 1899 as Sugito Station (杉戸駅).

[1] It was renamed on 16 March 1981[1] after the Tobu zoo and amusement park complex run by Tōbu, which is a ten-minute walk from the station.

[2] In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 31,354 passengers daily.

[3] Media related to Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Station at Wikimedia Commons