Shinkaichi Station Explained

Shinkaichi
Name Lang:ja
Native Name:新開地駅
Symbol Location:HS36 (Hanshin, Hankyu) KB01 (Shintetsu)
Tracks:3 (Hanshin, Hankyu) 3 (Shintetsu)

is a railway station operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Hankyu Corporation and Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd. in the district of Shinkaichi, Hyogo-ku, Kobe opened on April 7, 1968.

Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. owns the railway lines, and Hanshin, Hankyu and Shintetsu operate trains running on the lines.

Shinkaichi was originally at the heart of Kobe, but Kobe's central business district has shifted towards Sannomiya.

All 3 railway lines that stop at this station are named Kobe Kosoku Line.

Lines

Shinkaichi is served by the following railway lines and stations:

Shinkaichi Station
Native Name:新開地駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:Hanshin Railway station
Address:1-8, Onoe-dōri Hatchōme, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture
Country:Japan
Coordinates:34.676°N 135.1693°W
Operator:Hanshin Electric Railway[1]
Line:Tozai Line (Kobe)
Platforms:2 island platforms
Tracks:4
Structure:Underground
Code:HS 36
Opened:7 April 1968
Services Collapsible:yes

Tozai Line (Hanshin, Hankyu)

Overview

Shinkaichi is the terminus for Hankyu services originating at Umeda Station as well as for select through services from the Kintetsu Nara Line. Services to and from the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line and the Hanshin Main Line continue in either direction.

Select trains from the Sanyo Main Line continue instead to the Hankyu platforms at Kobe-Sannomiya Station.

Layout

There are two island platforms with three tracks on the second basement.

Gallery

Shinkaichi Station
Native Name:新開地駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:Shintetsu Railway station
Address:1-8, Onoe-dōri Hatchōme, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture
Country:Japan
Coordinates:34.676°N 135.1693°W
Operator:Kobe Electric Railway
Line:Kobe Electric Railway
Platforms:4 bay platforms
Tracks:3
Connections:Tozai Line
Structure:Underground
Code:KB 01
Opened:1968
Services Collapsible:yes

Namboku Line (Shintetsu)

Overview

Shinkaichi is the southern terminus for all services on the Kobe Electric Railway.

Layout

There are two dead-end platforms with three tracks on the first basement.

Gallery

History

The station opened on 7 April 1968 for all Tozai Line and Namboku line services.[2]

Damage to the station was caused by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. Restoration work on the Tozai Line took six months to complete.[3]

Station numbering was introduced on 1 April 2014.[4]

References

  1. Book: 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道. 神戸新聞. 2012. 9784343006745. 27. ja. Hyogo Railway All Stations Private Railways / Public Railways.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220111005720/https://www.hanshin.co.jp/company/press/pdf/20130430-kobe.pdf . 11 January 2022 . 12 March 2022 . hanshin.co.jp . ja.

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34.676°N 135.1693°W