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located in the city of

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. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.It is one of the main stations in Nishinomiya City, with Hanshin Nishinomiya Station and JR Nishinomiya Station.

Lines

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station is served by the

Hankyu Imazu Line , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group ...

, and is located 7.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and is also served by the

Hankyu Kobe Line , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group ...

, for which it is 15.6 from the terminus of that line at . The platforms of Hankyu Imazu Line to Takarazuka Station, northbound, and Imazu Station, southbound are separated, and so there are no through trains from Takarazuka to Imazu.

Layout

Hankyu Nishinomiya-kitaguchi station track map

*Kobe Line: 2

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s and 2

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s serving 2 tracks each. *Imazu Line (south): an elevated side platform serving a track. *Imazu Line (north): 3

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History

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station opened on July 16, 1920 when the Kobe Main Line opened. The Imazu Line opened the next year. Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station was damaged by the

Great Hanshin earthquake The , or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and ha ...

in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete. Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi being designated as station number HK-08.

Past layout

Hankyu Nishinomiya Kitaguchi diamond crossing

There were four 90-degree diamond crossings served by the Kobe Line and the Imazu Line until they were removed in 1984 to build the new station building. The crossings were located in the south of the platforms for the Imazu Line, between the westbound platforms and the eastbound platforms for the Kobe Line. *Kobe Line westbound platforms: on the east side of the Imazu Line, an island platform serving 2 tracks with a side platform for arrivals in the south. *Kobe Line eastbound platforms: on the west side of the Imazu Line, an island platform serving 2 tracks with a side platform for arrivals in the north. *Imazu Line: on the north side of the Kobe Line, a side platform and a dead-end platform serving 4 tracks, one of which tracks was removed in 1977.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 57,674 passengers daily

Buses

Surrounding area

*Hankyu Railway Nishinomiya Garage *Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens (formerly Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium) * Hyogo Performing Arts Center *ACTA Nishinomiya *Koshien Gakuin *Koshien Junior College

References

External links

Station website (in English)

{{Hankyu Imazu Line Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Hankyū Kōbe Main Line Hankyu Railway Imazu Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1920 Nishinomiya