is a railway station in
Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka, Japan.
Higashiyodogawa-ku is located in the north-east part of Osaka city.
The population of Higashiyodogawa-ku is 181,535.(2003)
The popular area to shop is Awaji, which is about 10 minutes away fr ...
, Japan, operated by the private operator
Hankyu Railway
, trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region. It is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gr ...
.
Lines
Awaji Station is an intersection of the following two
Hankyu Railway
, trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region. It is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gr ...
lines:
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Hankyu Senri Line
The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Hankyu Railway. It commenced operation in 1921 and was completed on March 1, 1967. Through trains operate to and from the Hankyu Kyoto Line and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji ...
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Hankyu Kyoto Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Osaka-umeda Station in Osaka and Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto.
Definition
The Kyoto Main Line is often called the for short, and in ...
In March 2019, the nearby
JR-Awaji Station of the
Osaka Higashi Line owned by
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...
(JR West) has been inaugurated.
Station layout
This station has two
island platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
s with four tracks at ground level.
Platforms
History
Awaji Station opened on 1 April 1921.
Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-63.
Future plans
, work is being done to elevate a X-shaped section of track from
Sōzenji Station
is a train station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line located in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka, Japan.
Higashiyodogawa-ku is located in the north-east part of Osaka city.
The population of Higashiyodogawa-ku i ...
to
Kami-Shinjō Station
is a railway station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line located in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two nearest stations to Osaka University of Economics as well as Zuiko Yonchome Station on the Osaka Metro Imazatosuji Line. ...
on the Kyoto Line and from
Kunijima Station
is a railway station on the Hankyu Senri Line in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by th ...
to
Shimo-Shinjō Station on the Senri Line (including Awaji station from which the aforementioned stations are adjacent stations). Construction began in 2008 and was expected to be completed in 2017 with full operation on the elevated tracks beginning in 2020. However in 2015 it was determined that the original completion date can not be achieved, and the finish date was pushed back to 2024 with operations beginning that year.
Later, the completion date was pushed back to 2027. In 2022, Osaka City estimated that the project would not be completed until 2031 owing to the effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
as well as delays in land acquisition.
As a result of the delays, the cost of the project has increased by as much as .
References
External links
Hankyu station information
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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921
Railway stations in Osaka
Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
Hankyu Kyoto Main Line