History
Aonogahara Station opened on 10 August 1913 as Daimonguchi Station when the Banshū Railway extended its line from Kuninka (today's Yakujin) to Nishiwaki. It was renamed Bantetsu-Daimon on 22 November 1916, transferred to Bantan Railway on 21 December 1923, and then nationalised on 1 June 1943, at which point it took its current name Aonogahara as a station on the JNR Kakogawa Line. Freight handling ended on 1 September 1962, luggage handling on 1 October 1973, and the station was destaffed on 1 November 1986. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 it came under JR West, and the station building was rebuilt in time for line electrification on 19 December 2004. ICOCA IC-card service began with simple gates on 26 March 2016.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The Daimon name carried until 1943 refers to an area across the Kako River, today in Katō, that historically thrived as a port on the river's water traffic; the station also served as a supply point for the old Japanese Army's Aonohara training ground. The community hall "Poppo AONOGAHARA" is attached to the current station building.