Aioi Station (Gunma)
Railway station in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Tōbu Railway- Watarase Keikoku Railway
| Preceding station |  Tobu Railway | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shin-Kiryū TI55 towards Asakusa | Ryomo | Akagi TI57 Terminus | ||
| Shin-Kiryū TI55 towards Ōta | Kiryū Line | |||
| Preceding station | Watarase Keikoku Railway | Following station | ||
| Terminus | Watarase Keikoku Line Watarase Keikoku-gō | Ōmama WK05 towards Ashio | ||
| Shimo-Shinden WK02 towards Kiryū | Watarase Keikoku Line | Undō-Kōen WK04 towards Matō | ||
Location | |
|---|---|
  Aioi Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Aioi Station Aioi Station (Japan) Show map of 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.
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,[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
- Kiryū Aioi Post Office
National Route 122
See also
References
- ^ "沿革・歴史" [Company History]. watetsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ 「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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aioi Station (Gunma).
- Tobu Railway station information Archived 2019-10-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Watarase Keikoku Railway station information (in Japanese)
