Aioi Station (Gunma)
Aioi Station 相老駅 | |
|---|---|
 Aioi Station building, February 2015 | |
| Location |
2-756 Aioicho, Kiryū, Gunma （群馬県桐生市相生町二丁目756） Japan |
| Operated by | Tobu Railway, Watarase Keikoku Railway |
| Line(s) | Tobu Kiryu Line, Watarase Keikoku Line |
| Other information | |
| Station code | TI-56 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1911 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2012) | 768 (Tobu), 182 (Watarase) daily |
Aioi Station (相老駅 Aioi-eki) is a railway station in Kiryū, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operators Tobu Railway and the Watarase Keikoku Railway.
Lines
Aioi Station is a station on the Tobu Kiryu Line, and is located 16.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōta. It is also a terminal station for the Watarase Keikoku Railway Watarase Keikoku Line.
Station layout
Aioi Station has two opposed side platforms for the Watarase Keikoku Railway and one island platform for the Tobu 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 | ■ Tobu Kiryu Line | for Ōta |
| 4 | ■ Tobu Kiryu Line | for Akagi |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watarase Keikoku Line | ||||
| Terminus | Watarase Keikoku-gō | Ōmama | ||
| Shimo-Shinden | Local | Undōkōen | ||
| Tobu Kiryu Line | ||||
| Shin-Kiryū | Ryomo | Akagi | ||
| Shin-Kiryū | Local | 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 Tobu lines, with Aioi Station becoming "TI-56".[1]
Surrounding area
- Kiryū Aioi Post Office
- National Route 122
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. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aioi Station (Gunma). |
- Tobu Railway station information (Japanese)
- Watarase Keikoku Railway station information (Japanese)
Coordinates: 36°24′36″N 139°18′16″E / 36.4100°N 139.3044°E