Azami Station

Azami Station

阿左美駅
Azami Station; 阿左美駅
	Azami Station in December 2007
General information
Location	1057-4 Kasakakemachi Azami, Midori, Gunma; （群馬県みどり市笠懸町阿左美1057-4）; Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Kiryu Line
Other information
Station code	TI-54
History
Opened	1937
Passengers
FY2014	584 daily

Azami Station (阿左美駅, Azami-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Kiryu Line in Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. It is numbered "TI-54".

Lines

Azami Station is served by the Tobu Kiryu Line, and is located 12.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōta.

Station layout

Azami Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tobu Kiryu Line
Yabuzuka		Local		Shin-Kiryū

History

Azami Station was opened on May 5, 1937. During work to extend the platform from 1954-1955, extensive Jōmon period archaeological remains were discovered, which were proclaimed a Gunma Prefectural Historic Site in 1960.^{[citation needed]}

From March 17, 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Azami Station becoming "TI-54".^[1]

Surrounding area

Kiryu University
Azami Marsh

References

^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

External links

Tobu station information Template:Ja icon

36°23′07″N 139°18′23″E / 36.3853°N 139.3065°E / 36.3853; 139.3065

[tobu20120209-1] 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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