Station

Aoshima

青島

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Aoshima
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 31/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 32/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:46 / 22:14

Busiest hour (known departures): 18:00–19:00 (3)


Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Aoshima Station opened on 8 May 1963 as a Japanese National Railways station on the Nichinan Line. On 12 May 1973 Emperor Shōwa visited the prefecture for the 24th National Tree-Planting Festival, and an imperial train ran from Aoshima Station to Nobeoka. The station passed to JR Kyushu at the JNR breakup on 1 April 1987 and was destaffed on 1 December 1992. Concierge Aoshima moved into the station building on 10 October 2009. The station's exterior was renovated to a "foreign beachhouse" style on 6 April 2020. On 1 April 2022 it was transferred from JR Kyushu's Kagoshima Branch to the Miyazaki Branch. On 17 January 2026 SUGOCA IC-card service began in the Miyazaki direction.

Notes

Aoshima is the southern boundary of JR Kyushu's SUGOCA Miyazaki-area coverage — SUGOCA is not usable south of Aoshima towards Aburatsu and Shibushi. On some trains, a vendor selling the local specialty uirō (a steamed rice-flour cake) boards at the station.

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