TI56 WK03 Aioi Station 相老駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Aioi Station building, February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2-756 Aioicho, Kiryū-shi, Gunma-ken 376-0011 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°24′36″N 139°18′16″E / 36.4100°N 139.3044°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 16.9 km from Ōta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | TI-56, WK04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 April 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 698 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Aioi Station Location within Gunma Prefecture  Aioi Station Aioi Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Lines
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
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, with the name written using the kanji characters (相生). The kanji characters were changed to the present name on 1 July 1913.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Aioi Station becoming "TI-56".[1]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 698 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
- Kiryū Aioi Post Office
National Route 122
See also
References
- ↑ 「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.
- ↑ 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)
External links
- Tobu Railway station information Archived 2019-10-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Watarase Keikoku Railway station information (in Japanese)