Ajikawaguchi Station
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Ajikawaguchi Station 安治川口駅 | |||||||||||
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Ajigawaguchi Station (August 2013) | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 6-1-101 Shimaya, Konohana Ward, Osaka City Osaka Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°40′25.56″N 135°26′38.76″E / 34.6737667°N 135.4441000°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground level | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | JR-P15 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 5 April 1898 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2020 | 11,682 daily | ||||||||||
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Ajikawaguchi Station (安治川口駅, Ajikawaguchi-eki) is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sakurajima Line (JR Yumesaki Line) in Konohana-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Ajikawaguchi being assigned station number JR-P15.[1][2]
Layout
[edit]The station has an island platform serving two tracks.
1 | ■ JR Yumesaki Line | for Nishikujō and Ōsaka |
2 | ■ JR Yumesaki Line | for Sakurajima |
Railway collision
[edit]![black and white image of a burned rail car on its side](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Ajikawaguchi_derail_1940.jpg/220px-Ajikawaguchi_derail_1940.jpg)
On 29 January 1940, three trains collided, carrying gasoline and factory workers, causing a fire that killed 181 people, and injured 92 on the Nishinari Line, presently the Sakurajima Line.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します!" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). July 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). July 20, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ Duits, Kjeld. "News and Photos of Japan – Long List of Train Accidents in Japan". www.ikjeld.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2018.