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Shinkaichi Station (新開地駅, Shinkaichi-eki, station numbers: HS 36 (Hanshin, Hankyu), KB 01 (Shintetsu)) is a railway station operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Hankyu Corporation and Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd. in the district of Shinkaichi, Hyogo-ku, Kobe opened on April 7, 1968.
Shinkaichi 新開地駅 | |
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 Station entrance | |
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| Tracks | 3 (Hanshin, Hankyu) 3 (Shintetsu) |
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Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. owns the railway lines, and Hanshin, Hankyu and Shintetsu operate trains running on the lines.
Shinkaichi was originally at the heart of Kobe, but Kobe's central business district has shifted towards Sannomiya.
All 3 railway lines that stop at this station are named Kobe Kosoku Line.
Lines
editShinkaichi is served by the following railway lines and stations:
- Hanshin Railway Kōbe Kosoku Line (Tozai Line)
- Hankyū Railway Kōbe Kosoku Line (Tozai Line)
- Kobe Electric Railway Kōbe Kosoku Line (Namboku Line)
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| Location | 1-8, Onoe-dōri Hatchōme, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°40′33.53″N 135°10′9.44″E / 34.6759806°N 135.1692889°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Hanshin Electric Railway[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tozai Line (Kobe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | HS 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 April 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tozai Line (Hanshin, Hankyu)
editOverview
editShinkaichi is the terminus for Hankyu services originating at Umeda Station as well as for select through services from the Kintetsu Nara Line. Services to and from the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line and the Hanshin Main Line continue in either direction.
Select trains from the Sanyo Main Line continue instead to the Hankyu platforms at Kobe-Sannomiya Station.
Layout
editThere are two island platforms with three tracks on the second basement.
| 1 | ■ ■Kobe Kosoku Line | for Kosoku Kobe, Kobe Sannomiya, Osaka (Umeda, Namba), Nara, Takarazuka and Kyoto (mainly trains from Sanyo Suma) |
| 2 | ■ ■Kobe Kosoku Line | for Kosoku Kobe, Kobe Sannomiya, Osaka (Umeda, Namba), Nara, Takarazuka and Kyoto (mainly the Hankyu Line, Hanshin Namba Line rapid express trains) |
| 3 | ■ Kobe Kosoku Line | for Suma, Akashi and Himeji (mainly for getting off the trains terminating at Shinkaichi) |
| 4 | ■ Kobe Kosoku Line | for Suma, Akashi and Himeji |
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Track diagram
Gallery
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Station name board
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Tozai Line platform concourse
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| Location | 1-8, Onoe-dōri Hatchōme, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°40′33.53″N 135°10′9.44″E / 34.6759806°N 135.1692889°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kobe Electric Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Kobe Electric Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 bay platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Tozai Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | KB 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Namboku Line (Shintetsu)
editOverview
editShinkaichi is the southern terminus for all services on the Kobe Electric Railway.
Layout
editThere are two dead-end platforms with three tracks on the first basement.
| 1, 2 | ■ Arima Line, Sanda Line | for Tanigami, Arima Onsen and Sanda |
| 3, 4 | ■ Ao Line | for Miki, Ono and Ao |
Gallery
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Shintetsu platform concourse
History
editThe station opened on 7 April 1968 for all Tozai Line and Namboku line services.[2]
Damage to the station was caused by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. Restoration work on the Tozai Line took six months to complete.[3]
Station numbering was introduced on 1 April 2014.[4]
References
edit- ^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [Hyogo Railway All Stations Private Railways / Public Railways] (in Japanese). 神戸新聞. 2012. p. 27. ISBN 9784343006745.
- ^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Shimbun. 2012. p. 206. ISBN 9784343006745.
- ^ "阪神大震災 被災と復旧の記録(５)神戸高速鉄道" [Record of Great Hanshin Earthquake Damage and Restoration (5) Kobe Rapid Transit]. 鉄道ファン (in Japanese). 36: 71–75. December 1996.
- ^ "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.co.jp (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.