is a passenger

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located in the Aioichō neighborhood of the city of

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. It is operated by the private transportation company

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Lines

Shukugawa Station is served by the Hankyu Kobe Line, and is located from the

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of the line at . It is also a terminus of the long

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Layout

The station is an above-ground station with two opposed

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s for the Kobe Main Line and a single side platform platforms for the Kōyō Line. The Kōyō Line platform extends vertically to the north of the Kobe Main Line platform bound for Osaka. There used to be two lines on the Kōyō Line, but the tracks on the west side have been removed. Each platform is connected by an underground passage. The Kobe Main Line platform straddles the Shukugawa River in part on the east side, and the Kōyō Line platform is located on the west bank of the Shukugawa River. Ticket gates are located in the north and south. There is a bypass between the Kobe Line and the Koyo Line near the north ticket gates, which is used for the trains of the Koyo Line heading to and from Nishinomiya Depot in the east of Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station.

Platforms

History

Shukugawa Station opened on 16 July 1920. 1934 was the start of service on the Koyo Line. The station was damaged by the

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in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete. In 2006, the platforms were extended to support 10-car trains. Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Shukugawa being designated as station number HK-09.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 27,345 passengers daily

Surrounding area

* Shukugawa River *Shukugawa Park *Shukugawa Green Town *

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Sakura Shukugawa Campus ( 大手前大学) * Sakura Shukugawa Station (

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) * Koroen Station (

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) *Yamate Kansen

Bus stops

;Hankyu Shukugawa (Hankyu Bus Co.) :*Bus stop 1 (Nishinomiya Route, Nishinomiya Namboku Bus) :**Route 1 for Gogaike via Kayandōchō, Jūrin-ji, Nishinomiya Kabutoyama High School, Kabutoyama Cemetery and Kabutoyama Daishi :**Route 1 for Nishinomiya Kabutoyama High School via Kayandōchō and Jūrin-ji :**Route 2 for Kabutoyam Villa via Kayandōchō, Jūrin-ji, Kabutoyama Cemetery and Nishinomiya Kabutoyama High School :**Route 2 for Kabutoyama Cemetery via Kayandōchō and Jūrin-ji :**Route 3 for Kentani via Kayandōchō :**Sakura-Yamanami Bus for Narai via Kayandōchō, Nishinomiya Kabutoyama High School,

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and Sumiredai :**Sakura-Yamanami Bus for Hankyu Bus Yamaguchi Office via Kayandōchō, Nishinomiya Kabutoyama High School, Shimo-Yamaguchi, Kita-Rokkodai and Nishinomiya-kita Interchange :**Route 1 and 2 for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi via , and :**Route 6 for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi via , Hanshin Nishonimiya-eki Higashi and JR Nishonimiya-eki Kita (operated on Saturdays) :**Route 7 for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi via JR Sakura Shukugawa, Nishinomiyaebisu Egamichō and JR Nishonimiya (operated on Saturdays) :**Sakura-Yamanami Bus for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi via JR Sakura Shukugawa, Nishinomiyaebisu and JR Nishonimiya :*Bus stop 2 (Ashiya Route) :**Route 4 for Oimatsuchō, Hinodebashi and Kurakuen :**Route 11 for Hankyu Bus Ashiyahama Office via Kurakuen, Hinodebashi, , , Shiomichō and Wakabachō :**Route 13 for Hankyu Bus Ashiyahama Office via Kurakuen, Hinodebashi, JR Ashiya, , Hanshin Ashiya, Shiomichō and Wakabachō ;Hankyu Shukugawa (Hanshin Bus Co.) :*Bus stop 1 (Jūrinji Route) :**Route 7 for Shin-Kōyō via Kayandōchō, Jūrin-ji, Nishinomiya Kabutoyama High School, Kabutoyama Cemetery, Kabutoyama Daishi and Kabutoyama Forest Park ;Shukugawa Green Town (Minato Kanko) :*Route 12 for Rokko Island via and

References

External links

Shukugawa Station website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shukugawa Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1920 Hankyū Kōbe Main Line Nishinomiya