Ashigawa Station

Ashigawa Station
芦川駅

JR Ashigawa Station, January 2006
Location Ueno, Ichikawamisato, Nishiyatsushiro, Yamanashi
(山梨県西八代郡市川三郷町上野)
Japan
Coordinates 35°33′48″N 138°30′41″E / 35.5632°N 138.5113°E / 35.5632; 138.5113
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Minobu Line
History
Opened 1929
Traffic
Passengers (2008) 64 daily

Ashigawa Station (芦川駅 Ashigawa-eki) is a train station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Ichikawamisato, Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 71.7 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.

History

Ashigawa Station was opened on February 11, 1929 as a passenger stop on the Fuji-Minobu Line. It was elevated in status to a full station on October 1, 1938. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The station building was reconstructed in 1950. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. The station has been unattended since April 1985. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Layout

Ashigawa Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is not attended.

Platform

1  Minobu Line For Fuji, Minobu
Kōfu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company
Minobu Line
Ichikawa-Hommachi - Kai-Ueno

External links

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