Motomachi Station (Hyōgo) Explained

Motomachi Station
Native Name:元町駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:1-100, Motomachi Kōka-Dōri (JR)
10-2, Motomachi-Dōri 2-chōme (Hanshin)
Chūō, Kobe, Hyōgo
Country:Japan
Structure:Elevated (JR West)
Underground (Hanshin)
Accessible:Yes
Code: (JR West)
HS 33 (Hanshin)
Opened:1905
Passengers:48,787 (JR)
15,242 (Hanshin) daily
Pass Year:2008 (JR
2005 (Hanshin)
Services Collapsible:yes

is a railway station in Motomachi, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[1] [2]

It is one of the main stations serving the central business district of Kobe. The station is the closest access point to the Motomachi shopping district and to Nanking Town, one of Japan's three largest Chinatown districts.

Lines

The JR and Hanshin platforms are separated and no interchange is possible without completely leaving one building and entering another; therefore there are technically two separate Motomachi stations, although they are often treated as one.

The JR station is served by local and rapid trains.

The Hanshin station is the western terminus of the Main Line, although service continues west on the Kobe Rapid Railway.

JR West

Overview

There are 2 elevated island platforms serving 2 tracks each.

Hanshin Railway

Overview

There is an underground island platform serving 2 tracks.

History

Station numbering was introduced to the JR platforms in March 2018 with Motomachi being assigned station number JR-A62.[3] [4]

Surroundings

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hyōgo no tetsudō zen'eki : jēāru sanseku kennai hyakurokujūsan'eki haisen ryakuzutsuki tetsudō isan mokuzō ekisha o tazunete sharyō ichirantsuki . 2011 . Kōbeshinbunsōgōshuppansentā . Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā., 神戶新聞総合出版センター. . 978-4-343-00602-8 . [Place of publication not identified] . 776109204.
  2. Book: Hyōgo no tetsudō zen'eki : shitetsu kōei tetsudō kennai nihyakujūhachieki haisen ryakuzutsuki kosei afureru kyūtetsudō no ekisha ga daishūgō . 2012 . Kōbeshinbunsōgōshuppansentā . Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā., 神戶新聞総合出版センター. . 978-4-343-00674-5 . [Place of publication not identified] . 822875937.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.