Aoshima Station
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JR KyushuAoshima Station 青島駅  | |||||||||||
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 The station building in April 2020 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2 Chome Aoshimanishi, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken889-2163 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°47′59.28″N 131°28′1.64″E / 31.7998000°N 131.4671222°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Nichinan Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.7 km from Minami-Miyazaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 31 October 1913 | ||||||||||
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| FY2016 | 62 daily | ||||||||||
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Aoshima Station (青島駅, Aoshima-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2]
Aoshima Station is served by the 88.9 km Nichinan Line between Minami-Miyazaki and Shibushi, and is located 12.7 km from the official starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[3][4]
Station layout
The station is unstaffed and consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by a level crossing for passengers to cross the tracks.[3][2]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ ■ Nichinan Line | for Aburatsu and Shibushi |
| 2, 3 | ■ ■ Nichinan Line | for Miyazaki and Minami-Miyazaki |
The Umisachi Yamasachi tourist train at Aoshima Station, June 2010.
Platforms
History
The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Aoshima as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]
The station became unstaffed from 1 December 1992.[6]
Passenger statistics
Surrounding area
- Aoshima Island[8]
- Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden
- Aoshima Shrine[6]
- Aoshima Beach[6]
- Aoshima Onsen hot spring resort
- National Route 220
