Kōsoku Kōbe Station Explained

Kōsoku Kōbe
Native Name:	高速神戸
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture
Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	34.6794°N 135.1744°W
Owned:	Kobe Rapid Transit Railway
Manager:	Hanshin Railway, Hankyu Railway
Line:	Kobe Kosoku Line
Platforms:	Island platforms
Connections:	West Japan Railway Company JR Kobe Line (Kobe Station) Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (Harborland Station)
Services Collapsible:	yes

is a train station on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line and the Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

• Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line
• Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line

Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. owns the tracks and facilities of those railway lines as "the Tozai Line" of the Category-3 operator, and Hanshin and Hankyu operates trains running on the line as Category-2 operators.

The station is also connected to the following stations via the Duo Kobe underground shopping mall.

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Tokaido Line, Sanyo Line (JR Kobe Line) – Kobe Station
• Kobe Municipal Subway
  • Kaigan Line – Harborland Station

Layout

The station has two island platforms with four tracks underground.

History

The station opened on 7 April 1968.^[1]

Damage to the station was caused by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced on 1 April 2014.^[3]

References

1. Book: 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道. Kobe Shimbun. 2012. 9784343006745. Japan. 206. ja. All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways.
2. December 1996. 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. ja. 36. 71–75.
3. Web site: 30 April 2013. 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. 10 January 2022. hanshin.co.jp. ja.