Bishōen Station Explained

Bishōen Station
Native Name:	美章園駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Style:	JR West
Address:	18, Bishōen 1-chōme, Abeno, Osaka, Osaka
Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	34.6381°N 135.524°W
Owned:	West Japan Railway Company
Operator:	West Japan Railway Company
Line:	Hanwa Line
Platforms:	2 side platforms
Tracks:	2
Status:	Staffed
Code:	JR-R21
Opened:	3 June 1931

is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The station opened on 3 June 1931.

Layout

This station has two elevated side platforms serving a track each.

Surroundings

• Koboreguchi Station (Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line)
• Super-Sanko Bishoen
• Meijo Gakuin High School
• Osaka Girl's Senior High School
• Osaka Prefectural Tennoji High School
• Osaka City Kogei Senior High School
• Osaka College of Art (The Group of Osaka University of Arts)

Bus route

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Bishoen)

Route 6 for Abenobashi / for Sunjiyata via Shirasagi Koen-mae

History

• 3 June 1931 - Bishoen Station opened on the Hanwa Railway Line between Hanwa Tennoji and Minami-Tanabe stations.
• 1 December 1940 - Hanwa Railway was consolidated by Nankai Railway and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Nankai Railway Yamate Line.
• 1 May 1944 - The Nankai Railway Yamate Line was nationalized and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Japanese National Railways Hanwa Line.
• 14 February 1945 - The station was closed after Abeno-ku was bombed by Boeing B-29 of the US Forces.
• 15 April 1947 - The station was reopened.
• 1958 - The renovation of the station was started.
• 13 May 1958 - The renovation of the station was completed.
• August 1969 - The west gate was situated.
• 1 April 1987 - JNR was privatized and Bishoen Station became a train station operated by West Japan Railway Company.
• March 2018 - Station numbering was introduced with Bishōen being assigned station number JR-R21.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 20 July 2016 . 近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！ . "Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area! . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010608/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/07/page_8973.html . 16 November 2022 . 30 December 2022 . westjr.co.jp . ja.
2. Web site: 20 July 2016 . 「駅ナンバー」一覧表 . "Station number" list . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010610/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/160720_01_ekinumber.pdf . 16 November 2022 . 30 December 2022 . westjr.co.jp . ja.

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