is a passenger

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in located in the town of Kihoku, Kitamuro District,

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefectur ...

, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Aiga Station is served by the

Kisei Main Line The is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the ''kanji'' characters from the names of the old provinces of and . The line is operated by Ce ...

, and is located from the

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of the line at Kameyama Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

File:Aiga Station platforms 20100315.jpg, The platforms in March 2010

History

Aiga Station opened on 19 December 1934, on the

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(JGR) Kisei East Line. The JGR became the

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(JNR) after World War 2, and the line was extended to Kuki Station by January 12, 1957. The line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on 15 July 1959. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 122 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Kihoku Municipal Shionan Junior High School *Kihoku Town Miyama Library *Kihoku Municipal Aiga Elementary School

References

External links

{{Kisei Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1934 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Kihoku, Mie