Ashigara Station (足柄駅, Ashgara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
CB09 Ashigara Station 足柄駅 | |||||||||||
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 Exterior of Ashigara Station in September 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Takenoshita, Oyama Town, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°20′00″N 138°58′53″E / 35.33325°N 138.98131°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Central | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Gotemba Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 28.9 km (18.0 mi) from Kōzu | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | CB09 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 September 1947 | ||||||||||
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| FY2017 | 497 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editAshigara Station is served by the JR Central Gotemba Line, and is located 28.9 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōzu.
Station layout
editThe station has a single island platform. The station building is to the west of the tracks and connected to the platform by a level crossing. It has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | Gotemba Line | for Matsuda and Kōzu |
| 2 | Gotemba Line | for Gotemba and Numazu |
History
editThis section needs additional citations for verification. (March 2023) |
Ashigara Station opened on September 15, 1947. Operational control of the station was transferred to JR Central following privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
Station numbering was introduced to the Gotemba Line in March 2018; Ashigara Station was assigned station number CB09.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 497 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [3]
Surrounding area
edit- Ashigara Elementary School
- Oyama High School
See also
editReferences
edit- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. ISBN 4-533-02980-9. (in Japanese)
- ^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)