Ao Station (粟生駅) 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) 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

Adjacent stations

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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.

Surrounding area