Ayukawa Station
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Ayukawa Station 鮎川駅 | |||||
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 Ayukawa Station, September 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Higashi Ayukawa, Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken 015-0362 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 39°19′42.06″N 140°04′17.96″E / 39.3283500°N 140.0716556°E | ||||
| Operated by | Yuri Kōgen Railway | ||||
| Line | ■ Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line | ||||
| Distance | 7.4 km from Ugo-Honjō | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | August 1, 1922 | ||||
| Previous names | Ugo-Ayukawa (1937-1985) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2018 | 44 | ||||
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Ayukawa Station (鮎川駅, Ayukawa -eki) is a railway station in the city of Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Yuri Kōgen Railway.
Ayukawa Station is served by the Chōkai Sanroku Line, and is located 7.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ugo-Honjō Station.[citation needed]
Station layout
The station has one side platform, serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.[citation needed]
Adjacent stations
History
Ayukawa Station opened on August 1, 1922, as a station on the Yokojō Railway, which became the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Yashima Line on September 1, 1937.[citation needed] On that date, it was renamed Ugo-Ayukawa Station (羽後鮎川駅).[citation needed] The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II.[citation needed] The Yashima Line was privatized on 1 October 1985, becoming the Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line, at which time the station reassumed its original name.[citation needed] A new station building was completed in December 2003.[citation needed]
