is a passenger

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located in the city of Kasai,

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, Japan, operated by the third-sector Hōjō Railway Company.

Lines

Harima-Yokota Station is served by the

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and is 11.4 kilometers from the

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of the line at

Ao Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Ono, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated jointly by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West), the third sector and the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). Lines Ao Stat ...

Station layout

The station consists of one

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serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Harima-Yokota Stationbegan as a provisional stop, the , on June 3, 1916. It ceased operations on May 9, 1921 and was abolished on April 5, 1934. A new provisional stop was constructed on the former location on October 1, 1961 and was elevated to a full passenger station on December 20, 1961. The current station building was completed in December 2014..

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 54 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Hyogo Prefectural Hojo High School * Hyogo Prefectural Harima Agricultural High School

References

External links

* * Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1961 Kasai, Hyōgo {{Hyōgo-railstation-stub