Higashi-Aoyama Station is served by the Osaka Line, and is located 91.5 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōsaka Uehommachi Station.[1]
Station layout
The station was consists of two opposed island platforms, connected by an underground passage. The station is unattended.
Higashi-Aoyama Station opened on December 20, 1930 as a station on the Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway. After merging with Osaka Electric Kido on March 15, 1941, the line became the Kansai Kyuko Railway's Osaka Line.[2] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on June 1, 1944 to form Kintetsu.[2] On October 25, 1971, due to failure of an ATS system in Aoyama Tunnel, a runaway limited express train derailed in Sodani Tunnel near this station and collided head on with another one, with 25 fatalities (article in Japanese). On November 25, 1975, after a landslide obliterated part of the tracks between this station and Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station, the tracks were rerouted slightly, a new tunnel was constructed, and a new station building was built. On February 27, 2009 a derailment of a local train occurred at this station, but without fatalities.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
