Ashigara Station (Shizuoka)

{{short description|Railway station in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan}}

{{For|the Odakyu Odawara Line station|Ashigara Station (Kanagawa)}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JRCSN|CB|09|50}}
Ashigara Station

| native_name = 足柄駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| style = JR Central

| image = JRC-Ashigara-Sta.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Exterior of Ashigara Station in September 2007

| other_name =

| address = Takenoshita, Oyama Town, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|35.33325|N|138.98131|E|format=dms|type:railwaystation|display=inline, title}}

| operator = {{ric|JR Central|name=y}}

| line = {{ric|JR Central|Gotemba|name=y}}

| distance = {{cvt|28.9|km|mi}} from {{STN|Kōzu|x|Kanagawa}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections =

| structure = At grade

| code = CB09

| status = Unstaffed

| opened = {{start date and age|1947|09|15|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 497 daily

| pass_year = FY2017

| map_type = Japan Shizuoka Prefecture#Japan Kanto Chubu Kansai#Japan

| map_dot_label = Ashgara Station

| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR Central|line=Gotemba|left=Gotemba|note-left={{JRCSN|CB|10}}|right=Suruga-Oyama|note-right={{JRCSN|CB|08}}}}

}}

file:JRCentral-Gotemba-line-Ashigara-station-platform-20100408.jpg

{{nihongo|Ashigara Station|足柄駅|Ashgara-eki}} is a railway station in the town of Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Ashigara Station is served by the JR Central Gotemba Line, and is located 28.9 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at {{STN|Kōzu|x|Kanagawa}}.

Station layout

The station has a single island platform. The station building is to the west of the tracks and connected to the platform by a level crossing. It has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles. The station is unattended.

=Platforms=

{{jpfm|first=2|pfn=1|name=Gotemba Line|symbol={{rcb|JR Central|Gotemba|box}}|dir=for {{STN|Matsuda|x}} and {{STN|Kōzu|x|Kanagawa}}}}

{{jpfm|first=3|pfn=2|name=Gotemba Line|symbol={{rcb|JR Central|Gotemba|box}}|dir=for {{STN|Gotemba|x}} and {{STN|Numazu|x}}}}

History

Ashigara Station opened on September 15, 1947. Operational control of the station was transferred to JR Central following privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Station numbering was introduced to the Gotemba Line in March 2018; Ashigara Station was assigned station number CB09.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2017 |title=在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します |trans-title=Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations |url=https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118061935/https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=jr-central.co.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=14 December 2017 |title=JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入 |trans-title=JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines |url=https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052707/https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 497 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). {{cite web |url= http://toukei.pref.shizuoka.jp/toukeikikakuhan/page/nenkan/documents/h29_11_06.pdf|script-title=ja:静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年))|year= 2018|publisher= Shizuoka Prefecture|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 5 July 2019}}