Ashigara Station (Shizuoka)

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 Tōkai ).

CB09 Ashigara Station 足柄駅
Exterior of Ashigara Station in September 2007
Location	Takenoshita, Oyama-cho, Suntō-gun, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	35°20′00″N 138°58′53″E
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Gotemba Line
Distance	28.9 kilometers from Kōzu
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	CB09
History
Opened	September 15, 1947
Passengers
FY2017	497 daily
Location
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Platform

Lines

Ashigara Station is served by the JR Tōkai Gotemba Line, and is located 28.9 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Kōzu.

Station layout

The 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

1	■ Gotemba Line	for Matsuda and Kōzu
2	■ Gotemba Line	for Gotemba and Numazu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Gotemba Line
Suruga-Oyama		Local	Gotemba

History

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 497 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [1]

Surrounding area

• Ashigara Elementary School
• Oyama High School

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• 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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. ISBN 4533029809. (in Japanese)

1. 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

• Official website (in Japanese)