Fujiyamashita_Station

Fujiyamashita Station

Fujiyamashita Station

Railway station in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan


Fujiyamashita Station (富士山下駅, Fujiyama-shita-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kiryū, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Jōmō Electric Railway Company. Travelers looking for Mount Fuji should be careful not to mistakenly come to this station. Fujiyamashita Station is around 200 km and two prefectures away from Japan's most famous mountain. The name means "The bottom of Fuji Mountain" and when written in kanji characters is identical to Mount Fuji, but does not have any relation to the popular tourist destination.[1]

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Fujiyamashita Station is a station on the Jōmō Line, and is located 23.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Chūō-Maebashi .

Station layout

Fujiyamashita Station consists of one side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

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History

Fujiyamashita Station was opened on November 10, 1928.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 85 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also


References

  1. "Fujiyamashita Station: Crushing Dreams Since 1928". RocketNews24. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  2. "企業情報" [Company History]. jomorailway.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  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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