is a passenger

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located in the city of Akashi,

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, operated by the private

Sanyo Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway operating company based in western Hyōgo Prefecture. It runs local and express rail service between Himeji and Kobe, and also connects directly with Hanshin Main Line to Osaka. Although the Hanshin Electric Rai ...

Lines

Sanyo-Akashi Station is served by the

Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Sanyo Electric Railway. It stretches from Kobe west to Himeji via Akashi, Kakogawa and other municipalities in Hyōgo Prefecture. The line runs parallel to West Japan Rail ...

and is from the

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of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated

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s with the station building underneath. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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History

Sanyo-Akashi Station opened on 12 April 1917 as . It was renamed on 19 August 1923, and on 20 November 1943. It was renamed to its present name on 7 April 1991.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 15,225 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Akashi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Akashi Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and is located 19.4 kilometers from the ...

JR West , 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, ...

Akashi Castle is an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was also known as or . Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1957. History Akashi Castle is located on Mount Akamatsu, a ...

References

External links

Official website (Sanyo Electric Railway)
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923 Akashi, Hyōgo {{Hyōgo-railstation-stub