Aioi Station (Hyōgo)

Aioi Station

相生駅
Aioi Station, August 2008
General information
Location1-10 Hongo-cho, Aioi City, Hyōgo Prefecture 678-0006
Japan
Coordinates34°49′05″N 134°28′26″E / 34.817938°N 134.473915°E / 34.817938; 134.473915
Owned byLogo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West
Operated byJR West
Line(s)
Distance112.2 km (69.7 miles) from Shin-Osaka
Platforms3 side + 1 island platform
Tracks5 (2 Shinkansen)
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated (Shinkansen)
At grade (conventional)
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 July 1890; 134 years ago (1890-07-10)
Previous namesNaba (to 1942)
Passengers
FY20194355 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Okayama San'yō Shinkansen Himeji
towards Shin-Ōsaka
Location
Aioi Station is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Aioi Station
Aioi Station
Location within Hyōgo Prefecture
Aioi Station is located in Kansai region
Aioi Station
Aioi Station
Aioi Station (Kansai region)
Aioi Station is located in Japan
Aioi Station
Aioi Station
Aioi Station (Japan)

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]

Lines

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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

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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

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Shinkansen

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11   San'yō Shinkansen for Okayama, Hiroshima, Hakata and Kagoshima-Chūō
12   San'yō Shinkansen for Shin-Osaka and Tokyo

Conventional Line

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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

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« Service »
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

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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

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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

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4,355 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 兵庫県. "兵庫県統計書". 兵庫県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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