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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

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.

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.

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

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