Ajiro Station

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
Ajiro Station in December 2016
General information
Location	171-4 Shimo-Taga, Atami-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	35°2′37.1″N 139°4′52.34″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Itō Line
Distance	8.7 kilometers from Atami
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	21 December 1904
Passengers
FY2013	922 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Itō JT26 Terminus Odoriko Atami JT21 towards Tokyo Usami JT25 towards Itō Itō Line Izu-Taga JT23 towards Atami
Location Ajiro Station Location within Shizuoka Prefecture Show map of Shizuoka Prefecture Ajiro Station Ajiro Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Ajiro Station platform

Lines

Ajiro 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

Ajiro Station has one island platform on an embankment, with the station building located at a lower level. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	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

Ajiro 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

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 922 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

• Ajiro fishing port
• Ajiro onsen

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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

• Official home page (in Japanese)