Aioi Station (相生駅, Aioi-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in Aioi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Aioi Station 相生駅 | |||||||||||
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 Aioi Station, August 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-10 Hongo-cho, Aioi City, Hyōgo Prefecture 678-0006 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°49′05″N 134°28′26″E / 34.817938°N 134.473915°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by |  JR West | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR West | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 112.2 km (69.7 mi) from Shin-Osaka | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 (2 Shinkansen) | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus stop | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated (Shinkansen) At grade (conventional) | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 10 July 1890 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Naba (to 1942) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 4355 daily | ||||||||||
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  Aioi Station Location within Hyōgo Prefecture  Aioi Station Aioi Station (Kansai region)  Aioi Station Aioi Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Lines edit
Aioi Station is served by the Sanyō Shinkansen, and is located 112.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shin-Osaka and 665.0 kilometers from Tokyo. It is also served by the Sanyō Main Line and is 75.5 kilometers from Kōbe and 108.6 kilometers from Osaka. It is also a terminus of the 57.4 kilometer Akō Line to Higashi-Okayama.
Station layout edit
Aioi Station has a ground level side platform and a ground-level island platform for normal services, connected by an elevated station building. The Shinkansen portion of the station as two elevated opposed side platforms. The ticket barrier is on the second floor, as are the two exit (South and North). The Sanyo Main Line tracks are on first floor, the Shinkansen tracks are on third floor.
Platforms edit
Shinkansen edit
| 11 | ■  San'yō Shinkansen
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for Okayama, Hiroshima, Hakata and Kagoshima-Chūō |
| 12 | ■ San'yō Shinkansen
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for Shin-Osaka and Tokyo |
Conventional Line edit
| 1 | ■ San'yō Main Line, Ako Line | for Kamigori and Okayama |
| 2 | ■ San'yō Main Line, Ako Line | for Banshu-Ako and Himeji, Sannomiya |
| 3 | ■ San'yō Main Line | for Himeji and Sannomiya or Kamigori and Okayama |
Adjacent stations edit
| « | Service | » | ||
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| JR West | ||||
| San'yō Main Line | ||||
| Himeji | Limited Express Super Hakuto | Kamigori | ||
| Tatsuno | Special Rapid | Une | ||
| Terminus | Local (Rapid service) | Une | ||
| Akō Line | ||||
| Tatsuno | Special Rapid | Nishi-Aioi | ||
| Tatsuno | Local | Nishi-Aioi | ||
History edit
Aioi Station was opened on 10 July 1890 as Naba Station (那波駅). It was renamed 1 October 1942. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Accidents edit
On 28 October 2008 at 14:42, a person was killed at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the down shinkansen track. The person was hit by the non-stop Nozomi 25 service.[2]
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4,355 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area edit
- Aioi Municipal Hospital
- Japan National Route 250
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hyōgo no tetsudō zen'eki : jēāru sanseku kennai hyakurokujūsan'eki haisen ryakuzutsuki tetsudō isan mokuzō ekisha o tazunete sharyō ichirantsuki. Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā., 神戶新聞総合出版センター. Kobe, Japan: Kōbeshinbunsōgōshuppansentā. 2011. ISBN 9784343006028. OCLC 776109204.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Sato, Yuichi (July 2011). 鉄道人身事故データブック2002-2009 [Railway Accident Data Book 2002-2009]. Japan: Tsugeshobo. p. 24. ISBN 978-4-8068-0620-2.
- ^ 兵庫県. "兵庫県統計書". 兵庫県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
External links edit
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