Aoyamachō Station

Aoyamachō Station
青山町駅

AoyamachōStation, August 2007
Location 405 Ao, Iga, Mie
（三重県伊賀市阿保405）
Japan
Operated by Kintetsu Railway
Line(s) Osaka Line
History
Opened 1930
Previous names Ao (until 1970)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 1352 daily

Aoyamachō Station (青山町駅 Aoyamachō-eki) is a railway station on the Osaka Line in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu. Aoyamachō Station is 77.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōsaka Uehommachi Station.[1]

Lines

Station layout

Aoyamachō Station has two island platforms, serving four tracks.

Platforms

1, 2 ■ Osaka Line for Ise-Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Ujiyamada, Toba, Kashikojima, Tsu and Nagoya
3, 4 ■ Osaka Line for Nabari, Yamato-Yagi, Osaka Uehommachi, Osaka Namba and Kobe

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Osaka Line
Iga-Kambe   Local   Iga-Kōzu
Iga-Kambe   Express   Iga-Kōzu
Iga-Kambe   Rapid Express   Sakakibara-Onsenguchi

History

Aoyamachō Station opened on November 19, 1930 as Ao Station (阿保駅 Ao-eki) on the Sangu Express Electric Railway. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Express Railway's Osaka Line. [2] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[2] The station was renamed to its present name on March 1, 1970.

References

  1. ↑ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. 1 2 Kintetsu Company History

External links

34°40′22″N 136°10′40″E / 34.672842°N 136.177758°E / 34.672842; 136.177758Coordinates: 34°40′22″N 136°10′40″E / 34.672842°N 136.177758°E / 34.672842; 136.177758

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