Ayukawa Station

Ayukawa Station (鮎川駅) is a railway station in the city of Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector  railway operator Yuri Kōgen Railway.

Lines
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.

Station layout
the station has one side platform, serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

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. On that date, it was renamed Ugo-Ayukawa Station (羽後鮎川駅). The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. 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. A new station building was completed in December 2003.