Mukogawa Station (original) (raw)

Railway station in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Mukogawa Station武庫川駅
entrance in Nishinomiya
General information
Location Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyōgo-ken (Mukogawa Line)1, Osho-nishimachi, Amagasaki-shi, Hyōgo-ken (Main Line)Japan
Coordinates 34°43′06″N 135°22′58″E / 34.718431°N 135.382848°E / 34.718431; 135.382848
Operated by Hanshin Electric Railway
Line ■ Hanshin Main Line■ Hanshin Mukogawa Line
Platforms Main Line: 2 side platformsMukogawa Line: 1 island platform
Tracks Main Line: 2Mukogawa Line: 2 (1 not in use)
Connections Hanshin Main Line Hanshin Mukogawa Line Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Main Line: ElevatedMukogawa Line: Ground
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code HS 13
Website Official website
History
Opened April 12, 1905 (1905-04-12)
Passengers
2019 29,867 (daily)[1]
Services
Preceding station Logo for the Hanshin Electric Railway Hanshin Following station Amagasaki Center Pool-maetowards Osaka-Umeda Main LineLocal Naruo - Mukogawajoshidai-Maetowards Motomachi Amagasakitowards Osaka-Umeda Main LineMorning Express(weekdays) Main LineExpress Kōshientowards Motomachi Main LineRapid Express(except weekday mornings or evenings) Terminus Mukogawa Line Higashi-Naruotowards Mukogawadanchi-Mae
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Mukogawa Station (武庫川駅, Mukogawa-eki; station number: HS-13) is a passenger railway station located on the border between the cities of Amagasaki and Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Thus, the respective east and west entrances to the station are in different cities. It is operated by the private transportation company Hanshin Electric Railway.[2][3]

Mukogawa Station is served by the Hanshin Main Line, and is located 12.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Umeda. It is also the terminus of the 1.7 kilometer Hanshin Mukogawa Line.

The station consists of two opposed elevated side platforms serving two tracks on a bridge over Mukogawa River for the Hanshin Main Line. The unnumbered dead-headed Mukogawa Line island platform is on the Nishinomiya (west) side of the bridge, perpendicular to the Main Line. One side of the platform is not in use.

Main Line

Mukogawa Line

Mukogawa Station opened on April 12, 1905 along with the rest of the Hanshin Main Line.[4]

On 1 April 2014, station numbering with Naruo being designated as station number HS-12.[5]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 29,867 passengers daily[6]

  1. ^ "2020 Handbook Hanshin" (PDF). Hanshin Railway Online. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [_All stations in Hyogo Prefecture_] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
  3. ^ "Deyashiki Station in Hyogo: Railway Lines, Onsen, Events, Hotels | TravelTownsJP". www.traveltowns.jp. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ^ Written at Kobe, Japan. 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [_Hyogo Railway All Stations Private Railways / Public Railways_] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun General Publishing Center: 神戸新聞総合出版センター. 10 December 2012. p. 46. ISBN 9784343006745.
  5. ^ "阪神「三宮」を「神戸三宮」に駅名変更のうえ、駅ナンバリングを導入し、全てのお客さまに分かりやすい駅を目指します" [After changing the station name from Hanshin "Sannomiya" to "Kobe Sannomiya", Introduced station numbering, Aiming for a station that is easy for all customers to understand] (PDF). Hanshin News Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  6. ^ "2020 Handbook Hanshin" (PDF). Hanshin Railway Online. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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