is a railway station operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.,

Hankyu Corporation , 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 ...

and Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd. in the district of Shinkaichi, Hyogo-ku,

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opened on April 7, 1968. Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. owns the railway lines, and Hanshin, Hankyu and Shintetsu operate trains running on the lines. Shinkaichi was originally at the heart of Kobe, but Kobe's central business district has shifted towards

Sannomiya is a district of Chūō-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Sannomiya serves as the financial, commercial, and the entertainment center of Kobe. The district takes the name from Sannomiya Shrine, a branch of Ikuta Shrine. Before the 192 ...

. All 3 railway lines that stop at this station are named Kobe Kosoku Line.

Lines

Shinkaichi is served by the following railway lines and stations: *

Hanshin Railway is a Japanese private railway company owned by Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form ...

Kōbe Kosoku Line (Tozai Line) * Hankyū Railway Kōbe Kosoku Line (Tozai Line) *

Kobe Electric Railway , often called , is a Japanese private railway company in Kobe and surrounding cities. It is a subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Lines * Arima Line ( Minatogawa - Arima Onsen) * Sanda Line ( Arimaguchi - Sanda) * Kōen-Toshi Line ( Yok ...

Kōbe Kosoku Line (Namboku Line)

Tozai Line (Hanshin, Hankyu)

Overview

Shinkaichi is the terminus for Hankyu services originating at

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as well as for select through services from the Kintetsu Nara Line. Services to and from 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 the

Hanshin Main Line The is a railway line operated by the private railway company Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan. It connects the two cities of Osaka and Kobe, between and stations respectively. Outline The Main Line of Hanshin is the southernmost railw ...

continue in either direction. Select trains from the Sanyo Main Line continue instead to the Hankyu platforms at Kobe-Sannomiya Station.

Layout

There are 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 three tracks on the second basement. File:Rail Track diagram KRTR between Kosoku-kobe and Shinkaichi Station.svg, Track diagram

Gallery

File:Shinkaichi Station (01) IMG 2386r R 20150613.JPG, Station name board File:Shinkaichi Station - panoramio (9).jpg, Tozai Line platform concourse

Namboku Line (Shintetsu)

Overview

Shinkaichi is the southern terminus for all services on the

Layout

There are two dead-end platforms with three tracks on the first basement.

Gallery

File:Shinkaichi stn Shintetsu.jpg, Shintetsu platform concourse

History

The station opened on 7 April 1968 for all Tozai Line and Namboku line services. Damage to the station was caused by the

Great Hanshin earthquake The Great Hanshin Earthquake (, ) occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region of Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 o ...

in 1995. Restoration work on the Tozai Line took six months to complete. Station numbering was introduced on 1 April 2014.

References

External links

Hanshin Station website (in Japanese)

Kobe Electric Railway Station timetable (in Japanese)
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