Jūsō Station

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Jūsō Station (十三駅, Jūsō eki^?) is a station of Hankyu Railway located in Jūsō, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. The six-track trunk line from Umeda Station diverges into the three double tracks of the Kobe Line, the Kyoto Line and the Takarazuka Line at this station.

The station opend on March 10, 1910 as a stop of the Takarazuka Line. The Kobe and Kyoto Lines were later constructed.

The surrounding area of the station is an extensive shopping and entertainment district. However, a large number of the users of the station just transfer the trains here and do not exit the station. Several shops and restaurants for transferring passengers are located inside the station facility.

It is reported that there is a plan of an extension of Yotsubashi Line subway from Nishi-Umeda Station to Shin-Osaka Station through Jūsō.^[1]

[edit] Layout

• There are two island platforms, two side platforms and six tracks on the ground level.

1	■Kobe Line	for Nishinomiya-kitaguchi, Kobe (Sannomiya, Shinkaichi) and Nigawa
2	■Kobe Line	for Umeda (Local stop at Nakatsu)
3	■Takarazuka Line	for Ishibashi, Kawanishi-noseguchi, Takarazuka, Minoo and Nissei-chuo
4	■Takarazuka Line	for Umeda (Semi-Express and Local stop at Nakatsu)
5	■Kyoto Line	for Awaji, Takatsuki-shi, Katsura, Kawaramachi (Kyoto), Arashiyama and Kita-Senri
6	■Kyoto Line	to Umeda

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hankyu Railway
Kobe Line
Umeda		Limited Express (特急)		Nishinomiya-kitaguchi
Umeda		Commutation Limited Express (通勤特急)		Tsukaguchi
Umeda		Rapid Express (快速急行) Commutation Express (通勤急行) Express (急行)		Tsukaguchi
Umeda		Semi-Express from Takarazuka for Umeda via the Imazu Line and the Kobe Line (準急)		Tsukaguchi
Nakatsu		Local (普通)		Kanzakigawa
Takarazuka Line
Umeda		Limited Express (特急日生エクスプレス)		Ishibashi
Umeda		Commutation Express (通勤急行) Express (急行)		Toyonaka
Umeda		Commutation Semi-Express (通勤準急)		Toyonaka
Nakatsu		Semi-Express from Takarazuka for Umeda via the Takarazuka Line (準急)		Sone
Nakatsu		Local (普通)		Mikuni
Kyoto Line
Umeda		Commutation Limited Express (通勤特急)		Takatsuki-shi
Umeda		Limited Express (特急)		Awaji
Umeda		Rapid Express (快速急行)		Awaji
Umeda		Semi-Express (準急)		Minamikata
Umeda		Local (普通)		Minamikata

[edit] Notes

1. ^ See the references section of ja:大阪市営地下鉄四つ橋線 for news articles in Japanese.

Coordinates: 34°43′12″N, 135°28′57″E

v • d • e Stations of the Hankyu Kobe Line Umeda – Nakatsu – Jūsō – Kanzakigawa – Sonoda – Tsukaguchi – Mukonosō – Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi – Shukugawa – Ashiyagawa – Okamoto – Mikage – Rokkō – Ōji-kōen – Kasuganomichi – Sannomiya (>>Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Tōzai Line to Shinkaichi)

v • d • e Stations of the Hankyu Takarazuka Line Umeda – Nakatsu – Jūsō – Mikuni – Shōnai – Hattori – Sone – Okamachi – Toyonaka – Hotarugaike – Ishibashi (>>Minoo Line) – Ikeda – Kawanishi-Noseguchi (>>Nose Railway to Nissei-Chūō) – Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki – Yamamoto – Nakayama – Mefu-Jinja – Kiyoshikōjin – Takarazuka

v • d • e Stations of the Hankyū Kyoto Main Line Umeda – Jūsō – Minamikata – Sōzenji – (for Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme, Tengachaya <<) Awaji (>> for Kita-Senri) – Kami-Shinjō – Aikawa – Shōjaku – Minami-Ibaraki – Ibaraki-shi – Sōjiji – Tonda – Takatsuki-shi – Kammaki – Minase – Ōyamazaki – Nagaoka-Tenjin – Nishi-Mukō – Higashi-Mukō – Rakusaiguchi – Katsura – Nishi-Kyōgoku – Saiin – Ōmiya - Karasuma - Kawaramachi