Ao Station

Ao Station 粟生駅
Ao Station in June 2019
General information
Location	1821 Ao-cho Maeda, Ono-shi, Hyōgo-ken 675-1358 Japan
Coordinates	34°51′25″N 134°54′36″E
Operated by	JR West Hōjō Railway Kobe Electric Railway
Line(s)	I  Kakogawa Line ■ Hōjō Line ■ Ao Line
Platforms	1 bay + 1 side + 1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	KB59 (Hojo Railway)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	13 October 1913 (1913-10-13)
Passengers
FY2019	1038 (JR) 859 (Shintetsu) daily
Location Ao Station Location within Hyōgo Prefecture Show map of Hyōgo Prefecture Ao Station Ao Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Ao Station (粟生駅, Ao-eki) 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 Hojo Railway Company (北条鉄道株式会社, Hōjō Tetsudō Kabushikigaisha) and the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu).

Lines

Ao Station is served by the JR West Kakogawa Line and is 16.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakogawa. It is also the terminal station of the 13.7 kilometer Hōjō Railway Hōjō Line and the 29.2 kilometer Ao Line.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level side platform, island platform and bay platform all connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.^{[citation needed]}

Platforms

4	■  Ao Line	for Suzurandai, Shinkaichi, Arima Onsen and Sanda
-	■	former platform, now unused
2	■  Kakogawa Line	for Yakujin and Kakogawa
1	■  Kakogawa Line	for Nishiwakishi and Tanikawa
3	■  Hōjō Railway Hōjō Line	for Hokkeguchi and Hōjōmachi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kakogawa Line
Onomachi		-	Kawainishi
Hōjō Railway
Hōjō Line
Terminus		-	Abiki
Kobe Electric Railway
Ao Line
Hata		-	Terminus

History

Ao Station opened on August 10, 1913. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1038 passengers daily and the Shintetsu portion of the station was used by 859 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

• Ono Station Park
• Awao Children's Garden

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links

• Official website (JR West)(in Japanese)
• Official website (Hōjō Railway) (in Japanese)
• Official website (Kobe Electric Railway) (in Japanese)