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 East Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ).

For the Odakyu Odawara Line station, see Ashigara Station (Kanagawa).
CB09
Ashigara Station

足柄駅
Exterior of Ashigara Station in September 2007
LocationTakenoshita, Oyama-cho, Suntō-gun, Shizuoka-ken
Japan
Coordinates35°20′00″N 138°58′53″E
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Gotemba Line
Distance28.9 kilometers from Kōzu
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeCB09
History
OpenedSeptember 15, 1947
Traffic
Passengers (FY2017)497 daily
Location
Ashgara Station
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Ashgara Station
Ashgara Station (Japan)
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.
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