History
Aioi Station opened on 10 July 1890 as Naba Station when the Sanyō Railway extended from Tatsuno to Une. It was nationalised on 1 December 1906 and assigned to the Sanyō Main Line on 12 October 1909. Following Aioi's incorporation as a city, the depot was renamed Aioi on 1 October 1942. The Akō Line opened from here to Banshū-Akō on 12 December 1951, with through running to Himeji from 26 December. The Sanyō Shinkansen reached Aioi when the Shin-Ōsaka–Okayama segment opened on 15 March 1972; the station was elevated and freight handling ceased the same day. JR West took over at the 1 April 1987 privatisation, and ICOCA acceptance began in November 2003.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When Japanese railway stations are listed in syllabic order, Aioi (Hyōgo) appears at the very top alongside the namesake stop in Gifu and the homophone-spelled Aiōi in Gunma.