Aoshima Station

Aoshima Station
青島駅
The station building and forecourt in January 2011
Location Aoshima, Miyazaki, Miyazaki
Japan
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) ■ Nichinan Line
Distance 12.7 km from Minami-Miyazaki
Platforms 1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At grade
Other information
Status Unstaffed
Website Official website
History
Opened 31 October 1913 (1913-10-31)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 62 daily
Location
Aoshima Station
Location within Japan

Aoshima Station (青島駅, Aoshima-eki) is a train station on the Nichinan Line in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR Kyushu.

Lines

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.[1][2]

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.[1][3]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nichinan Line
Kodomonokuni Local Oryūzako

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.[2][4]

The station became unstaffed from 1 December 1992.[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, Aoshima Station was used by an average of 58 passengers daily (boarding passengers only),[5]. In fiscal 2016, the daily average for boarding passengers had grown slightly to 62.[6]

Surrounding area

Aoshima Island

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 54, 95. ISBN 9784062951661.
  2. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 774. ISBN 4533029809.
  3. ↑ "青島" [Aoshima]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
  5. 1 2 3 4 平成23年度 包括外部監査の結果報告書 [Fiscal 2011 In-depth External Audit Results Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Miyazaki City External Auditor. March 2012. p. 112. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "宮崎県統計年鑑 鉄道輸送実績（１日平均）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].
  7. ↑ "Miyazaki Travel: Aoshima Island". japan-guide.com.
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