Railway station in Kobe, Japan
Station entrance
Tracks 3 (Hanshin, Hankyu)
Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway
Shinkaichi Station (新開地駅 Shinkaichi-eki is a railway station operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. , Hankyu Corporation and Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd. in the district of Shinkaichi , Hyogo-ku , Kobe 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 .
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:
Location 1-8, Onoe-dōri Hatchōme, Chūō-ku, Kobe , Hyōgo Prefecture Coordinates 34°40′33.53″N 135°10′9.44″E / 34.6759806°N 135.1692889°E / 34.6759806; 135.1692889 Operated by Hanshin Electric Railway [ 1] Line(s) Tozai Line (Kobe) Platforms 2 island platforms Tracks 4 Structure type Underground Station code HS 36 Opened 7 April 1968
Services
Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 36)
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Hanshin Local
Daikai (HS 37)
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Sanyo Local
Daikai (HS 37)
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Rapid Express (3 starting trains only, on weekends and holidays)
Terminus
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Hanshin Limited Express
Daikai (HS 37)
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Limited Express (yellow marking)
Daikai (HS 37)
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
S Limited Express
Daikai (HS 37)
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Limited Express (red marking)
Kosoku Nagata (HS 38)
Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 36)
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Hankyu Local
Terminus
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Sanyo Local
Daikai (HS 37)
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Express (terminating only)
Terminus
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Rapid Express
Terminus
Kosoku Kobe (HS 35)
Hankyu Limited Express
Terminus
Overview
Shinkaichi is the terminus for Hankyu services originating at Umeda Station as well as for select through services from the Kintetsu Nara Line . Services to and from the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line and the Hanshin Main Line 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 platforms with three tracks on the second basement.
1
■ ■ Kobe Kosoku Line
for Kosoku Kobe , Kobe Sannomiya , Osaka (Umeda , Namba ), Nara , Takarazuka and Kyoto
2
■ ■ Kobe Kosoku Line
for Kosoku Kobe, Kobe Sannomiya, Osaka (Umeda, Namba), Nara, Takarazuka and Kyoto
3
■ Kobe Kosoku Line
for Suma, Akashi and Himeji
4
■ Kobe Kosoku Line
for Suma , Akashi and Himeji
Gallery
Overview
Shinkaichi is the southern terminus for all services on the Kobe Electric Railway .
Layout
There are two dead-end platforms with three tracks on the first basement.
Gallery
History
The station opened on 7 April 1968 for all Tozai Line and Namboku line services.[ 2]
Damage to the station was caused by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. Restoration work on the Tozai Line took six months to complete.[ 3]
Station numbering was introduced on 1 April 2014.[ 4]
References
^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [Hyogo Railway All Stations Private Railways / Public Railways ] (in Japanese). 神戸新聞. 2012. p. 27. ISBN 9784343006745 ^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways ] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Shimbun. 2012. p. 206. ISBN 9784343006745 ^ "阪神大震災 被災と復旧の記録(５)神戸高速鉄道" [Record of Great Hanshin Earthquake Damage and Restoration (5) Kobe Rapid Transit]. 鉄道ファン (in Japanese). 36 : 71– 75. December 1996. ^ "阪神「三宮」を「神戸三宮」に駅名変更のうえ、駅ナンバリングを導入し、全てのお客さまに分かりやすい駅を目指します" [After changing the station name from Hanshin "Sannomiya" to "Kobe Sannomiya" Introduced station numbering, Aiming for a station that is easy for all customers to understand] (PDF) . hanshin.co.jp (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022 .
External links
34°40′33.53″N 135°10′9.44″E / 34.6759806°N 135.1692889°E / 34.6759806; 135.1692889
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