Aoshima Station

Not to be confused with Qingdao railway station, a major railway terminal in Mainland China with the same Chinese / Kanji reading.

Aoshima Station (青島駅, Aoshima-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.^[1][2]

Aoshima Station 青島駅
The station building in April 2020
General information
Location	2 Chome Aoshimanishi, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken889-2163 Japan
Coordinates	31°47′59.28″N 131°28′1.64″E
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)
Passengers
FY2016	62 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Kodomonokuni towards Minami-Miyazaki Nichinan Line Oryūzako towards Shibushi
Location Aoshima Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Show map of Miyazaki Prefecture Aoshima Station Aoshima Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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.^[3][4]

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.^[3][2]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nichinan Line	for Aburatsu and Shibushi
2, 3	■ ■ Nichinan Line	for Miyazaki and Minami-Miyazaki

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  The Umisachi Yamasachi tourist train at Aoshima Station, June 2010.
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  Platforms

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.^[4][5]

The station became unstaffed from 1 December 1992.^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, Aoshima Station was used by an average of 58 passengers daily (boarding passengers only),.^[6] In fiscal 2016, the daily average for boarding passengers had grown slightly to 62.^[7]

Surrounding area

Aoshima Island

• Aoshima Island^[8]
• Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden
• Aoshima Shrine^[6]
• Aoshima Beach^[6]
• Aoshima Onsen hot spring resort
• National Route 220

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "青島" [Aoshima]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
3. 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.
4. 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 774. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
5. 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.
6. 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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "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. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].
8. "Miyazaki Travel: Aoshima Island". japan-guide.com.

External links

Media related to Aoshima Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Aoshima (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)