Ashio Station | |
Native Name: | 足尾駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ashio-machi Kakemizu 6, Nikkō-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-1512 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Watarase Keikoku Railway |
Distance: | 42.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Code: | WK16 |
Opened: | 31 December 1912 |
Passengers: | 50 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Tochigi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ashio Station |
is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.
Ashio Station is a station on the Watarase Keikoku Line and is 42.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station has a two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing.
Ashio Station opened on 31 December 1912 as a station on the Ashio Railway.[1] In 2009, many of the structures of Ashio Station were granted protection as national Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. These include the station building and adjacent platform,[2] the opposing platform,[3] Baggage Storage Shed[4] Dangerous Goods Shed [5] and Freight Depot with freight platform.[6]