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 武庫川駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Hanshin Electric Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | Main Line: 2 side platforms Mukogawa Line: 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Main Line: 2 Mukogawa Line: 2 (1 not in use) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Main Line: Elevated Mukogawa Line: Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | HS 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 12, 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | 29,867 (daily)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editMukogawa 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.
Layout
editThe 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.
Platforms
edit- Main Line
| 1 | ■ ■■Main Line | for Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda), Namba, and Nara |
| 2 | ■ ■■Main Line | for Koshien, Kobe Sannomiya, Akashi, and Himeji |
- Mukogawa Line
| ■ Mukogawa Line | for Mukogawa-danchimae |
History
editMukogawa 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]
Gallery
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Main Line platforms in July 2015
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Mukogawa Line platforms
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Mukogawa Line ticketing area
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Pedestrian Bridge across the Mukogawa River along the south-facing side of the westbound platform on the Main Line
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East exit ticketing area
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Mukogawa Station in the 1950s
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 29,867 passengers daily[6]
Surrounding area
edit- Hyogo College of Medicine
- Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2020 Handbook Hanshin" (PDF). Hanshin Railway Online. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Deyashiki Station in Hyogo: Railway Lines, Onsen, Events, Hotels | TravelTownsJP". www.traveltowns.jp. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2020 Handbook Hanshin" (PDF). Hanshin Railway Online. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
External links
edit Media related to Mukogawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Mukogawa Station website (in Japanese)