Akagi Station (Gunma)

Akagi Station (赤城駅, Akagi-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operators Tōbu Railway and the Jōmō Electric Railway.


Akagi Station

赤城駅
Akagi Station, November 2017
Location2445-3 Ōmama, Ōmama-chō, Midori-shi, Gunma-ken 376-0101
Japan
Coordinates36.4255°N 139.2769°E / 36.4255; 139.2769
Operated by
Line(s)
Tōbu Kiryū Line

■ Jōmō Line

Distance14.6 km from Ōta
Platforms1 island + 1 bay platform
Other information
Station codeTI-57
History
Opened10 November 1928
Previous namesShin-Ōmama (until 1958)
Passengers
FY20191201 (Tōbu)
Location
Akagi Station
Location within Gunma Prefecture
Akagi Station
Akagi Station (Japan)
Platforms, 2017

Lines

Akagi Station is a terminal station of the Tōbu Kiryū Line, and is located 20.3 kilometers from the opposing terminal of the line at Ōta. It is also a station for the Jōmō Line and is 19.6 kilometers from the starting point of that line at Chūō-Maebashi.

Station layout

Akagi Station has one island platform for the Jōmō Line and one bay platform serving two tracks for the Tōbu Kiryū Line, with both sets of platforms elevated with the station building underneath. Both companies share the same set of ticket barriers.

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

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Jōmō Line
Higashi-Nikkawa - Kiryū-Kyūjō-Mae
Tōbu Kiryū Line
Aioi   Ryōmō   Terminus
Aioi   Local   Terminus

History

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

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Akagi Station becoming "TI-57".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Tōbu station was used by an average of 1201 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area
  • Former Ōmama town hall
  • Ōmama Post Office
  • Ōmama-Minami Elementary School

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 「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 8 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. 駅情報（乗降人員) [Station information (passengers)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020. (in Japanese)
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