Aoshima Station


Aoshima Station 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 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 side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by a level crossing for passengers to cross the tracks.

Adjacent stations

History

The private Miyazaki Light Railway opened the station on 31 October 1913 as an intermediate station on a line it had laid between and Uchiumi. The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways 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,. In fiscal 2016, the daily average for boarding passengers had grown slightly to 62.

Surrounding area