Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station

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Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station (西宮北口駅, Nishinomiya-kitaguchi-eki^?) is a railway station of Hankyu Railway in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

It is one of the main stations in Nishinomiya City, with Hanshin Nishinomiya Station and JR Nishinomiya Station.

Contents 1 Lines 2 Layout 3 Surroundings 3.1 Buses 4 Adjacent stations 5 See also

[edit] Lines

• Hankyu Kobe Line
• Hankyu Imazu Line

The platforms of Hankyu Imazu Line to Takarazuka Station, northbound, and Imazu Station, southbound are separated, and so there are no through trains from Takarazuka to Imazu.

[edit] Layout

• Kobe Line: 2 island platforms, 2 side platforms and 4 tracks.

	■	Exit from trains at Line 1
1, 2	■Kōbe Line	for Shukugawa, Kōbe (Sannomiya, Shinkaichi) and the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line
3, 4	■Kōbe Line	for Ōsaka (Umeda), Kyōto and Kita-Senri
	■	Exit from trains at Line 4

• Imazu Line (south): a side platform and a track.

5

■Imazu Line (south)

for Imazu

• Imazu Line (north): 3 dead-end platforms and 2 tracks.

	■	Exit from trains at Line 6
6	■Imazu Line (north)	for Takarazuka, Kawanishi-noseguchi and Minoo (in the rush hour)
7	■Imazu Line (north)	for Takarazuka, Kawanishi-noseguchi and Minoo
	■	Exit from trains at Line 7

[edit] Surroundings

• Hyogo Performing Arts Center
• Koshien Gakuin
• Koshien Junior College

[edit] Buses

South Terminal
Hankyu Bus
Bus stop 1	Bus 96 for Hankyu Ishibashi (via Nishinomiya Central Hospital, Kon-yonosato, Itami City Hall and Kitamura) Bus 96 for Toyonaka (via Nishinomiya Central Hospital, Kon-yonosato, Itami City Hall, Kitamura and Hotarugaike) Bus 1 for Nishinomiya-Kabutoyama High School, Kabutoyama Cemetery and Gogaike (via JR Nishinomiya, Nishinomiya City Hall, JR Sakura Shukugawa, Hankyu Shukugawa, Nishinomiya-Kabutoyama High School and Kabutoyama Cemetery) Bus 2 for Kabutoyama Villa (via JR Nishinomiya, Nishinomiya City Hall, JR Sakura Shukugawa, Hankyu Shukugawa, Kabutoyama Cemetery and Nishinomiya-Kabutoyama High School) Bus 6 for Hankyu Shukugawa (via JR Nishinomiya, Nishinomiya City Hall and Hanshin Koroen) in the early morning on Saturdays Bus 7 for Hankyu Shukugawa (via JR Nishinomiya, Egamicho and JR Sakura Shukugawa) off-peak hours on Saturdays Bus 26 for Hanshin Nishinomiya (via JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall) Bus 39 for JR Koshienguchi (via Koshien Junior College and Kumanocho) Bus 50 for Nishinomiya Central Hospital (via Koshien Junior College, Kumanocho, JR Koshienguchi, Kumanocho, Kawaragi Junior High School and Hinoguchi Elementary School)
Bus stop 2	Bus 21 for Kotoen (via JR Nishinomiya, Nakamura, Uegahara-rokubancho and Kwansei-Gakuin) Bus 25 for Kotoen (via Notocho, Uegahara-rokubancho and Kwansei-Gakuin) Bus 27 for Kotoen (via Notocho, Atagoyama and Kwansei-Gakuin) Bus 29 for Kotoen (via JR Nishinomiya, Nakamura, Atagoyama and Kwansei-Gakuin)
Bus stop 3	Bus 22, 23 for Asanagicho (via Ryodocho, JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall) Bus 22, 23 for Asanagicho (via Hankyu Bus Nishinomiya Office, JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall)
Hanshin Bus
Bus stop 1	for Hanshin Nishinomiya (via JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall) for Nishinomiyahama (via JR Nishinomiya, Nishinomiya City Hall and Hanshin Nishinomiya)
North Terminal
Airport Limousine
for Kansai Airport	operated by Hankyu Bus Co., Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Osaka Airport Transport Co., Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co. and Nankai Bus Co.
for Osaka Airport	operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co. and Osaka Airport Transport Co.

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hankyū Railway
Kōbe Line
Jūsō		Limited Express (all day every day)		Shukugawa
Tsukaguchi		Commutation Limited Express (in the morning on weekdays)		Shukugawa
Tsukaguchi		Rapid Express (every day) Express (every day)		Shukugawa
Mukonosō		Commutation Express (on weekdays)		Shukugawa
Express from the Imazu Line for Umeda (on the days of horse racing): no stop
Semi-Express from the Imazu Line for Umeda (in the morning on weekdays): no stop
Mukonosō		Local (all day every day)		Shukugawa
Imazu Line (north)
Express to the Kōbe Line for Umeda (on the days of horse racing): no stop
Semi-Express to the Kōbe Line for Umeda (in the morning on weekdays): no stop
Mondo-Yakujin		Local (all day every day)		Terminus
Imazu Line (south)
Terminus		Local (all day every day)		Hanshin Kokudō

Coordinates: 34°44′45″N, 135°21′24″E

[edit] See also

• Orix Buffaloes - "Hankyu Braves", a predecessor of Orix Buffaloes was based in Nishinomiya Stadium and this station was the nearest station. In those days, "Nishinomiya-kitaguchi" was announced "Nishinomiya-kitaguchi, Nishinomiya Stadium-mae".
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - "Kitaguchi station" in this anime was modeled on this station.

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 Imazu Line North Section : Takarazuka – Takarazuka-Minamiguchi – Sakasegawa – Obayashi - Nigawa – Kōtōen – Mondo-Yakujin – Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi South Section : Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi - Hanshin-Kokudō – Imazu