Mikage Station (Hanshin)

Mikage Station 御影駅
Location
Prefecture	Hyōgo (See other stations in Hyōgo)
City	Kobe
Ward	Higashinada
Neighborhood etc.	Mikage Hommachi 1-chome
Postal Code	658-0046
(in Japanese)	神戸市東灘区御影本町一丁目
History
Year opened	1905
Rail services
Operator(s)	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Main Line
Medium bus terminal at this station

Mikage Station (御影駅, Mikage-eki^?) is an elevated station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, with trains travelling east to Hanshin's terminal in Umeda (Osaka), and west to central Kobe (Motomachi and Sannomiya). At Motomachi, number of limited express trains carry on along the Sanyo Railway to Himeji city.

Contents 1 Layout 2 Surroundings 3 Buses from Mikage 4 Passenger Numbers 5 Adjacent stations 6 External links

Layout

The station has four tracks with two island platforms elevated with an elevator each.

1	■Main Line	limited express trains for Amagasaki and Osaka (Umeda) Change trains at Amagasaki for Namba and Nara
2	■Main Line	local trains for Amagasaki and Osaka (Umeda) Change trains at Amagasaki for Namba and Nara
3	■Main Line	limited express trains for Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Shinkaichi, Suma, Akashi, and Himeji
4	■Main Line	local trains for Sannomiya and Kosoku Kobe

Surroundings

• Route 2 (国道2号) - Arterial route from Osaka to Fukuoka
• Mikage Classe (御影クラッセ) (Hanshin Mikage, etc.)
• Yuduruha Shrine (弓弦羽神社)
• Higashinada Police Station (東灘警察署)

Buses from Mikage

• Departing from the North Side
  • 16　Towards JR Rokkomichi Station (JR六甲道), Hankyu Rokko Station, and Rokko Cable Car station
  • 19　Towards Hankyu Mikage (阪急御影) and Konan Hospital (甲南病院前)
  • 36　Towards JR Rokkomichi Station (JR六甲道), Hankyu Rokko Station and Tsurukabuto-danchi (鶴甲団地)
  • 38　Towards Higashinada Ward Office and the Hakutsuru Art Gallery
  • 39　Towards JR Sumiyoshi, Hankyu Mikage and Konan hospital

• Departing from the South Side
  • 33　Towards Higashinada Ward Office, Okamoto and JR Konanyamate station
  • 35　Towards Higashinada Ward Office and Uozaki

Passenger Numbers

In 2005, its average usage was 20,667 passengers per day.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line
Sumiyoshi		Local		Ishiyagawa
Rapid Express: no stop
Uozaki		Limited Express Through Limited Express		Sannomiya

External links

• Official website of Hanshin Railway (Japanese)

Stations of the Hanshin Main Line Umeda – Fukushima – Noda – Yodogawa – Himejima – Chibune – Kuise – Daimotsu – (Hanshin Namba Line for Osaka Namba and Nara<<) Amagasaki – Deyashiki – Amagasaki Center Pool-mae – Mukogawa – Naruo – Kōshien – Kusugawa – Imazu – Nishinomiya – Kōroen – Uchide – Ashiya – Fukae – Ōgi – Uozaki – Sumiyoshi – Mikage – Ishiyagawa – Shinzaike – Ōishi – Nishinada – Iwaya – Kasuganomichi – Sannomiya – Motomachi (>>Kobe Kosoku Line for Kōsoku Kōbe, Sumaura-kōen and Himeji)