is a passenger

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located in the city of

Miyazaki City is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924. As of July 2022, the city had an estimated population of 399,788 and a population density of 621 persons per km2. The total area ...

Miyazaki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Miyazaki Prefecture has a population of 1,073,054 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 7,735 km2 (2,986 sq mi). Miyazaki Prefecture borders Ōita Prefecture to the north, Kuma ...

, Japan. It is operated by

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and is on the

Nichinan Line The is a railway line in south-eastern Kyushu, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects Minami-Miyazaki Station in Miyazaki, Miyazaki to Shibushi Station in Shibushi, Kagoshima. History The Miyazaki Prefectural G ...

Lines

Aoshima Station is served by the 88.9 km

between and , and is located 12.7 km from the official starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.

Station layout

The station is unstaffed and consists of one

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and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by a

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for passengers to cross the tracks.

Platforms

File:JR Kyushu Kiha 125 Umisachi Yamasachi-in-Aoshima-20100626.jpg, The ''Umisachi Yamasachi'' tourist train at Aoshima Station, June 2010. File:Aoshima Station 2.JPG, Platforms

History

The private (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently,

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from 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. The station became unstaffed from 1 December 1992.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, Aoshima Station was used by an average of 58 passengers daily (boarding passengers only),. In fiscal 2016, the daily average for boarding passengers had grown slightly to 62. See the table for 平成28年度 iscal 2016

Surrounding area

* Aoshima Island *

Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden The is a botanical garden located in the Aoshima neighborhood of the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, near the island of Aoshima. The garden contains 400 species of subtropical plants. See also * List of botanical gardens in Jap ...

Aoshima Shrine is a Shinto shrine located on Aoshima Island, Miyazaki prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to Hikohohodemi, Toyotama-hime or Luxuriant-Jewel-Princess is a goddess in Japanese mythology in the episode of the "Luck of the Sea and the Luck of th ...

* Aoshima Beach * Aoshima Onsen hot spring resort * National Route 220

References

External links

Aoshima (JR Kyushu)
{{Nichinan Line Stations of Kyushu Railway Company Railway stations in Miyazaki Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1913 Miyazaki (city)