is a

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in the city of Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ).

Lines

Aino Station is served by the JR Tōkai

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, and is located 234.6 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .

Station layout

Aino Station has a single

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, connected by a footbridge on which the two-story station building is constructed. The station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Station history

Aino Station was opened on 22 April 2001 in conjunction with the

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as the location closest to the Shizuoka "Ecopa" Stadium. Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Aino Station was assigned station number CA28.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 3078 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology *

Shizuoka Stadium is a sports stadium used primarily for football. The stadium is in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, although the stadium itself is merely the centrepiece of the larger Ogasayama Sports Park which extends into neighbouring Kakegawa. ...

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

Aino Station official home page
{{Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Shizuoka Prefecture Tōkaidō Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 2001 Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Fukuroi, Shizuoka