Ōishi Station Explained

Ōishi Station
Native Name:	大石駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Funadera-Dōri 1-chōme, Nada, Kobe, Hyōgo
Country:	Japan
Operator:	Hanshin Electric Railway
Line:	Main Line
Connections:	Bus stop
Code:	HS 28
Opened:	1905
Passengers:	8,934 daily
Pass Year:	2005

is a railway station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Overview

Layout

This station is elevated and has two island platforms serving two tracks each, and crossovers are located on both sides of the platforms enabling to depart from any track for Osaka and Kobe Sannomiya.

History

Nishinada Station opened on the Hanshin Main Line on 12 April 1905.^[1]

Service was suspended owing to the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Hanshin Main Line took 7 months to complete.

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Kasuganomichi being designated as station number HS-28.^[2]

References

Book: 兵庫の鉄道全駅私鉄・公営鉄道 . Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center . 2012 . 9784343006745 . Japan . ja . All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways.
Web site: 30 April 2014 . 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 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210410181812/https://www.hankyu-hanshin.co.jp/legacy_data/ir/data/SR201304304N1.pdf . 10 April 2021 . 27 February 2022 . Hanshin News Online . ja . PDF.

External links

Station website