Aioi Station (Hyōgo)

Aioi Station (相生駅) is a junction passenger railway station in Aioi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines
Aioi Station is served by the Sanyō Shinkansen, and is located 112.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shin-Osaka and 665.0 kilometers from Tokyo. It is also served by the Sanyō Main Line and is 75.5 kilometers from Kōbe and 108.6 kilometers from Osaka. It is also a terminus of the 57.4 kilometer Akō Line to Higashi-Okayama.

Station layout
Aioi Station has a ground level side platform and a ground-level island platform for normal services, connected by an elevated station building. The Shinkansen portion of the station as two elevated opposed side platforms. The ticket barrier is on the second floor, as are the two exit (South and North). The Sanyo Main Line tracks are on first floor, the Shinkansen tracks are on third floor.

Adjacent stations
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History
Aioi Station was opened on 10 July 1890 as Naba Station (那波駅). It was renamed 1 October 1942. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Accidents
On 28 October 2008 at 14:42, a person was killed at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the down shinkansen track. The person was hit by the non-stop Nozomi 25 service.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4,355 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

 * Aioi Municipal Hospital
 * Japan National Route 250