title: Ashio Station
text: # Ashio Station
  
  Ashio Station (足尾駅, Ashio-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Ashio Station is a station on the Watarase Keikoku Line and is 42.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kiryū.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station has a two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Watarase Keikoku Line | for Kiryū |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Watarase Keikoku Line | for Matō |
  
  ## History
  
  Ashio Station opened on 31 December 1912 as a station on the Ashio Railway. In 2009, many of the structures of Ashio Station were granted protection as national Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. These include the station building and adjacent platform, the opposing platform, Baggage Storage Shed Dangerous Goods Shed and Freight Depot with freight platform.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Ashio Copper Mine
  * National Route 122
  