Miki Station Explained

Miki Station
Native Name:三木駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:1-35, Suehiro 1-chome, Miki-shi, Hyōgo-ken 673-0403
Country:Japan
Operator: Kobe Electric Railway
Line: Ao Line
Distance:19.3 km from
Platforms:2 side platforms
Code:KB53
Former:Miki-Fukuyubashi
→ Dentetsu Miki (until 1988)
Passengers:852
Pass Year:FY2019
Map Type:Japan Hyogo Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Miki Station

is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). There was a station with the same name on the Miki Railway Miki Line which ended operation on March 31, 2008, and abandoned the next day.

Lines

Miki Station is served by the Ao Line and is 19.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and is 26.8 kilometers from and 27.2 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Miki Station opened on January 28, 1938, as . It was renamed on January 1, 1954, and renamed again to its present name on April 1, 1988.

On March 4, 2018, at around 6 p.m. (local time), fire from a neighboring two-story house spread to the station. Both structures were destroyed in the blaze.[1] [2] The southward part of the station closed temporarily on the next day before reopened on March 9.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 852 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 神戸電鉄 三木駅 駅舎全焼 隣接住宅の1人連絡取れず. March 4, 2018. NHK. https://web.archive.org/web/20180304105115/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180304/k10011351461000.html. 2018-03-04. dead.
  2. News: Body found in Hyogo house where blaze that gutted train station started. The Japan Times Online. 2018-03-05. 2018-03-05. 2018-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180305150123/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/05/national/one-missing-fire-guts-suburban-train-station-northwest-kobe/. live.
  3. News: 神鉄三木駅火災 粟生線9日午前から通常ダイヤに. March 8, 2018. Kobe Shimbun. April 5, 2018. Japanese. June 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180622193157/https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sougou/201803/0011050414.shtml. live.
  4. Web site: https://web.pref.hyogo.lg.jp/kk11/oshirase-sougoude-ta/toukeisho30.html. ja:���������������������養父市統計書 . Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook. 2019. Hyogo Prefecture. Japan. Japanese. 11 August 2021.