History
Kizaki Station is a Tobu Railway station on the Isesaki Line in Ōta, Gunma, 101.2 km from the Asakusa terminus and numbered TI-20. It opened on 27 March 1910 with the Ōta–Shin-Isesaki extension; the site is roughly 400–500 m south of the original planned location, having been pulled toward the boundary with neighbouring Ojima town in response to strong lobbying from Ojima. The wooden station building dates from the 1910 opening. The 1925–1968 Tokugawa-Kashi freight branch ran from this station to a Tone River wharf. The Tatebayashi–Isesaki section was electrified on 1 October 1927; manned crossing-guard duties were retained until a foot crossing was formalised in March 2006.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Before a formal foot crossing was installed in March 2006, two railway employees were stationed on the inter-platform track-level walkway to escort passengers and direct traffic whenever a train approached.