Ajigaura Station | |
Native Name: | 阿字ヶ浦駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ajigauracho, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-1201 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.3835°N 140.612°W |
Operator: | Hitachinaka Seaside Railway |
Line: | Minato Line |
Distance: | 14.3 km from |
Platforms: | 2 (1 island platform) |
Tracks: | 2 (1 not in use) |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 7 July 1928 |
Passengers: | 53 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2011 |
Map Type: | Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ajigaura Station |
is a passenger railway station on the Minato Line in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Hitachinaka Seaside Railway.
Ajigaura Station is the terminus of the 14.3 km single-track Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Minato Line from .
The station has a single island platform, of which only one side is in use. It was built to handle trains of up to seven cars in the days in which direct Ajigaura express trains ran directly from in Tokyo. The platform is connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Ajigaura Station opened on 7 July 1928.[1] as a station on the Minato Railway. It became an unstaffed station from 1 April 1996.[1]
Minato Line is extended to a new station which is located near Hitachi Seaside Park in 2024.[2]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 53 passengers daily.[1]