Ajiro Station (網代駅, Ajiro-eki) is a railway station on the Itō Line of the East Japan Railway Company, located in the southern part of the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is also a stop for the limited express Odoriko.
JT24 Ajiro Station 網代駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 171-4 Shimo-Taga, Atami-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°2′37.1″N 139°4′52.34″E / 35.043639°N 139.0812056°E | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Itō Line | |||||||||||||||
Distance | 8.7 kilometers from Atami | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 21 December 1904 | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
FY2013 | 922 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editAjiro Station is served by the Itō Line and is located 8.7 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Atami Station and 113.3 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Layout
editAjiro Station has one island platform on an embankment, with the station building located at a lower level. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit1 | JT Itō Line | for Itō, Izu-Kōgen, Izukyū Shimoda |
2 | JT Itō Line (Tōkaidō Line・Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Atami, Yokohama, Tokyo, Utsunomiya (via JU Utsunomiya Line), Kagohara (via JU Takasaki Line) |
History
editAjiro Station opened on March 30, 1935, as the terminal station of the Itō Line from Atami; however, the line expanded to Itō Station by December 15, 1938. Freight services were discontinued on January 30, 1963. On April 1, 1987, along with division and privatization of Japan National Railway, East Japan Railway Company started operating this station.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 922 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- Ajiro fishing port
- Ajiro onsen
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
External links
edit- Official home page (in Japanese)