Akagi Station | |
Native Name: | 赤城駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 2445-3 Ōmama, Ōmama-chō, Midori-shi, Gunma-ken 376–0101 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.4255°N 139.2769°W |
Distance: | 14.6 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island + 1 bay platform |
Code: | TI-57 |
Opened: | 10 November 1928 |
Former: | Shin-Ōmama (until 1958) |
Passengers: | 1201 (Tōbu) |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Gunma Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Akagi Station |
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.
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 . It is also a station for the Jōmō Line and is 19.6 kilometers from the starting point of that line at .
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.
The station opened on 10 November 1928 as 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]
In fiscal 2019, the Tōbu station was used by an average of 1201 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]