Aioi_Station_(Gunma)

Aioi Station (Gunma)

Aioi Station (Gunma)

Railway station in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan


Aioi Station (相老駅, Aioi-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Kiryū, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway and the third sector Watarase Keikoku Railway.

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Aioi Station is a station on the Tōbu Kiryū Line, and is located 16.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōta. It is also 3.1 kilometers grin the terminal of the Watarase Keikoku Railway Watarase Keikoku Line at Kiryū.

Station layout

Overview of the station, with the Tobu Kiryu Line platforms on the left and the Watarase Keikoku Railway platforms on the right, February 2015

Aioi Station has two opposed side platforms for the Watarase Keikoku Railway and one island platform for the Tōbu Railway, with both sets of platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. Both companies share the same set of ticket barriers.

Platforms

1  Watarase Keikoku Line for Kiryū
2  Watarase Keikoku Line for Ōmama and Ashio
3  Tōbu Kiryū Line for Ōta
4  Tōbu Kiryū Line for Akagi

History

Aioi Station opened on the Ashio Line on 15 April 1911,[1] with the name written using the kanji characters (相生). The kanji characters were changed to the present name on 1 July 1913.[citation needed]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Aioi Station becoming "TI-56".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 698 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also


References

  1. "沿革・歴史" [Company History]. watetsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. 「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 [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. 市内鉄道の年間乗降客数 [Annual number of passengers on the city rail] (in Japanese). Japan: Kiryū City. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020. (in Japanese)

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