| Nigawa Station | |
| Native Name: | 仁川駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | 3-chōme-3 Nigawakita, Takarazuka-shi, Hyōgo-ken 665-0061 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.7752°N 135.357°W |
| Operator: | Hankyu Railway. |
| Line: | Hankyu Imazu Line |
| Distance: | 4.5km (02.8miles) from |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Code: | HK-25 |
| Status: | Staffed |
| Passengers: | 24,998 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2019 |
| Map Type: | Japan Hyogo Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Nigawa Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takarazuka Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.[1] It is located near JRA Hanshin Racecourse and Kwansei Gakuin University. It is also an entrance station to Mount Kabutoyama, the east end of the Rokkō Mountains.
Nigawa Station is served by the Hankyu Imazu Line, and is located 4.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 18.8 kilometers from .
The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms, with an addition side platform on the inbound line in the direction of Nishinomiya Kitaguchi. Each platform is connected by underground passages in two places, north and south, connecting to two ticket gates, east and west. The main entrance is the east ticket gate, which has a window, an automatic ticket vending machine, a shop, and a toilet. Since it is also the exit for the racecourse, there are many automatic ticket gates, The additional side platform has its own temporary ticket gate,
Nigawa Station opened on December 28, 1923. The name 'Nigawa' is originally the name of the river on the border of Takarazuka city and Nishinomiya city, and today Nigawa is used as the name of a town along the river of both cities. During the times of World War II (12/15/1943 - 9/21/1945), there was a station between Nigawa and Obayashi named . The station was in front of the factory of Kawanishi Aircraft Company, a predecessor of ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. The factory was closed after GHQ ordered the company to stop manufacturing aircraft. In 1949, JRA Hanshin Racecourse was built on the vacant lot. In 2002, the station installed barrier-free facilities for the elderly and the disabled.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 24,998 passengers daily[2]