Shimamoto Station

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East side of the station
East side of the station
Ticket gate
Ticket gate

Shimamoto Station (島本駅 Shimamoto-eki?) is a train station located on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Tōkaidō Line (JR Kyōto Line) in Shimamoto, Mishima District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The station was opened on March 15, 2008.

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[edit] Layout

There is an island platform between two inner tracks on the ground. This makes trains on the outer tracks unable to make stop at the station. Ticket gates are located on the overbridge over the platform and tracks.

1 JR Kyōto Line for Takatsuki, Osaka and Sannomiya
2 JR Kyōto Line for Kyoto, Kusatsu and Maibara

[edit] Bus terminal

On the east side of the station is a rotary which locates a bus stop. The bus stop serves several routes of Hankyu Bus.

Hankyu Bus
  • Bus 30 for Wakayamadai Center
  • Bus 40 for Wakayamadai Center
  • Bus 40 for Shin-yamazakibashi via Hankyu Minase
  • Bus 50 for Wakayamadai Center via Hankyu Minase

[edit] Around the station

The park next to the station is the ruin of Sakurai Station (桜井駅跡 Sakurai no eki ato?), the site of a road station on an ancient highway famous for a story about separation of Kusunoki Masashige with his son at this place before the Battle of Minatogawa in 1336. The park has a monument of poetry by Emperor Meiji (calligraphy by Tōgō Heihachirō) among other monuments calligraphed by Nogi Maresuke and Konoe Fumimaro.

Minase Station on the Hankyū Kyoto Main Line is about 10 minutes walk from Shimamoto Station. Minase was the only one station in Shimamoto before Shimamoto Station opened.

[edit] Adjacent stations to Shimamoto

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Special Rapid Service: no stop
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