Akagi Station (Gunma)

Akagi Station
赤城駅
Akagi Station, February 2004
Location
Prefecture Gunma
(See other stations in Gunma)
City Midori
Neighborhood etc. 2445-3 Ōmama, Ōmama-chō
Postal Code 376-0101
(in Japanese) みどり市大間々町大間々2445-3
History
Year opened 1928
Former name Shin-Ōmama Station
Present name since 1958
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway, Jōmō Electric Railway
Line(s) Tōbu Kiryū Line, Jōmō Line

Akagi Station (赤城駅 Akagi-eki?) is a railway station in Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the Tobu Railway and Jōmō Electric Railway.

Contents

Lines

Akagi is served by the Jōmō Line and forms the terminus of the Tōbu Kiryū Line, 20.3 km from Ōta.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1 ■Jōmō Line for Nishi-Kiryū
2 ■Jōmō Line for Chūō-Maebashi and Okaya
3/4 ■Tōbu Kiryū Line for Ōta, Kita-Senju and Asakusa

History

The station opened on 10 November 1928 as Shin-Ōmama Station (新大間々駅?) on the Jōmō Line. The Tobu Railway station opened on 18 March 1932. It was renamed Akagi Station on 1 November 1958.[1]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Akagi_Station_(Gunma) Akagi Station (Gunma)] at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Tōbu Kiryū Line