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

Overview of the station, with the Tobu Kiryu Line platforms on the left and the Watarase Keikoku Railway platforms on the right, February 2015

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

References

  1. 「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.
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Coordinates: 36°24′36″N 139°18′16″E / 36.4100°N 139.3044°E / 36.4100; 139.3044

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