is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

on the

Seishin-Yamate Line The , also known by its nickname of "Midori no U-Line" (), is one of the two lines of the Kobe Municipal Subway. It links the central districts to the east and western suburbs of Kobe. The line color is green. Service pattern The line has a r ...

in Nishi-ku,

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. It is located in a residential area near the Kobe Industrial Park.

Layout

This station has one

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 ...

with two tracks.

History

The station was opened on 20 March 1993,as an

infill station An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train ser ...

along the Seishin-Yamate Line between Seishin-chūō and Ikawadani stations.

References

Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Stations of Kobe Municipal Subway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1993 {{Hyōgo-railstation-stub