Ashikaga Station

Ashikaga Station (足利駅) is a railway station in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of two main railway stations of Ashikaga; the other is Ashikagashi Station of the private railway operator Tobu.

Lines
Ashikaga Station is served by the Ryōmō Line, and is located 38.2 km from the starting point of the line at Oyama, and 53.5 km from Takasaki. The preceding station of Ashikaga Flower Park is 6.2 km away and the following station of Yamamae is 4.5 km away.

Station layout
Ashikaga Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has many accessibility features such as elevators, Mobility scooter access, wheelchair-accessible bathroom, and a Braille Fare table.

Platforms
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History
Ashikaga Station opened on 22 May 1888, as a station operated by the Ryomo Railway. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

The station started accepting Suica cards on November 18, 2001. On 25 July 2008, the station building was struck by lightning, which caused damage to the second floor. In July 2015, the station and Ashikagashi Station adopted Chisato Moritaka's 1993 song "Watarasebashi" as their train melody, as the song pays homage to the town of Ashikaga. In February 2021, the pillar-mounted station name sign and the hanging station name sign where replaced with textile pattern designed signs to pay homage to the Ryōmō Line.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2021, the station was used by an average of 2,615 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Below is table containing the passenger statistics since the year 2000:

Surrounding area

 * Ashikagashi Station (Tobu Isesaki Line)
 * Ashikaga Gakkō
 * Orihime Shrine
 * Banna-ji temple
 * Ashikaga City Hall
 * Ashikaga Central Post Office
 * Watarase River
 * Watarase River