Ashikagashi Station

Railway station in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
  • Bus terminal
Other informationStation codeTI-15HistoryOpenedAugust 27, 1907Previous namesAshikagamachi (until 1924)PassengersFY20206010 daily Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Tatebayashi
TI10
towards Asakusa
 Ryomo Ōta
TI18
towards Akagi or Isesaki
Tōbu-Izumi
TI14
 Isesaki Line
Local
 Yashū-Yamabe
TI16
towards Isesaki
Location
Ashikagashi Station is located in Tochigi Prefecture
Ashikagashi Station
Ashikagashi Station
Location within Tochigi Prefecture
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Ashikagashi Station is located in Japan
Ashikagashi Station
Ashikagashi Station
Ashikagashi Station (Japan)
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Station from south side
The south entrance to the station in September 2021

Ashikagashi Station (足利市駅, Ashikagashi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.

Lines

Ashikagashi Station is served by the Tōbu Isesaki Line, and is located 86.8 km from the line's Tokyo terminus at Asakusa.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 TI Tōbu Isesaki Line for Tatebayashi, Kuki, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa
2 TI Tōbu Isesaki Line for Ōta, Isesaki, Shin-Kiryū, and Akagi

History

The station first opened on August 27, 1907, as Ashikagamachi Station (足利町駅).[2] It was renamed Ashikagashi Station (足利市駅) on August 25, 1924.[2] The station was rebuilt as an elevated station on July 23, 1980.[citation needed]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Ashikagashi Station becoming "TI-15".[3]

In July 2015, the station and Ashikaga Station adopted Chisato Moritaka's 1993 song "Watarasebashi" as their train melody, as the song pays homage to the town of Ashikaga.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6010 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6]

Bus services

South Entrance

There are direct express bus services for Narita Airport, Haneda Airport, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nara, Nagoya, Kanazawa, Toyama, and Sendai.

Surrounding area

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. 198. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. ^ 「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 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ "森高千里さんが「あしかが輝き大使」に就任され、東武足利市駅とＪＲ足利駅のメロディが「渡良瀬橋」に変わります！". City of Ashikaga. 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  5. ^ "名曲「渡良瀬橋」で電車発着開始　東武・ＪＲ両駅で式典　足利". Shimotsuke Original Online News. 2015-07-25. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  6. ^ "駅情報（乗降人員）｜東武鉄道公式サイト". www.tobu.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-09.

External links

Media related to Ashikagashi Station at Wikimedia Commons

  • Ashikagashi Station Archived 2015-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)