is a passenger

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in the city of

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Gunma Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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Lines

Araya Station is a station on the

Jōmō Line The is a railway line in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by Jōmō Electric Railway Company (上毛電気鉃道 ''Jōmō dentetsu'') . Its terminus stations are in the cities of Maebashi and Kiryū, extending 25.4 km. Eighteen of its st ...

, and is located 12.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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serving traffic in both directions. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Araya Station was opened on November 10, 1928.

Surrounding area

The station is located in a suburban residential area.

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