Ao Station
Native name粟生駅
Address1821 Ao-cho Maeda, Ono-shi, Hyōgo-ken 675-1358
CountryJapan
Coordinates34.856918°N 134.909878°E
Operator
Line
Platforms1 bay + 1 side + 1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
CodeKB59 (Hojo Railway)
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
Opened13 October 1913
Passengers1038 (JR)
859 (Shintetsu) daily
Pass yearFY2019

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 . 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]

Adjacent stations

|- !colspan=5|West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

|- !colspan=5|Hōjō Railway

|- !colspan=5|Kobe Electric Railway

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

References

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