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.

TI57 Akagi Station 赤城駅
Akagi Station, November 2017
General information
Location	2445-3 Ōmama, Ōmama-chō, Midori-shi, Gunma-ken 376–0101 Japan
Coordinates	36.4255°N 139.2769°E / 36.4255; 139.2769
Operated by	Tōbu Railway Jōmō Electric Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōbu Kiryū Line ■ Jōmō Line
Distance	14.6 km from Ōta
Platforms	1 island + 1 bay platform
Other information
Station code	TI-57
History
Opened	10 November 1928
Previous names	Shin-Ōmama (until 1958)
Passengers
FY2019	1201 (Tōbu)
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Terminus Ryomo Aioi TI56 towards Asakusa Kiryū Line Aioi TI56 towards Ōta Preceding station Jōmō Electric Railway Following station Higashi-Nikkawa towards Chūō-Maebashi Jōmō Line Kiryū-Kyūjō-Mae towards Nishi-Kiryū
Location Akagi Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Akagi Station Akagi Station (Japan) Show map of 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

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

• List of railway stations in Japan

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)

External links

• Tobu Railway station information Archived 26 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
• Jomo Railway station information (in Japanese)