Sannomiya Station

Sannomiya Station
三宮駅
Location
Prefecture Hyōgo
(See other stations in Hyōgo)
City Kobe
Ward Chūō
(in Japanese) 神戸市中央区
Rail services
Operator(s) Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Hankyu Corporation
Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd.
Kobe Municipal Subway
Large bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Sannomiya Station (三宮駅 Sannomiya-eki?) is located in the heart of Kobe, Japan. This station is the main railway terminal of Kobe.

Contents

Lines

Sannomiya Hanadokeimae Station on the Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line(K01) as well as Hanshin Sannomiya Station is adjacent to the main building.

Hanshin Railway Main Line

Hanshin Railway
Sannomiya Station
三宮駅
Location
Prefecture Hyōgo
City Kobe
Ward Chūō
Neighborhood etc. 1-8, Onoe-dōri Hatchōme
(in Japanese) 神戸市中央区小野柄通八丁目1-8
History
Year opened 1905
Former names Kōbe Kumoi-dōri Station
Kōbe Station
Present name since 1936
Rail services
Operator(s) Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s) Main Line
Sannomiya Station
(Hanshin) layout
Legend
  • 1933-1936

↑Kasuganomichi
1 2 3
  • 1936-2011

↑Kasuganomichi
1 2 3

↓Motomachi

  • Current layout

↑Kasuganomichi
1 2 3

↓Motomachi

  • After completion (by March 2013)

↑Kasuganomichi
1 2 3

↓Motomachi

Layout

This station has three platforms with three tracks below ground level. It is undergoing repairs which are to be completed by March 2013 when there will then be two platforms with three tracks.

0 ■■Main Line for getting off the trains from Shinkaichi, Kosou Kobe and Motomachi
1 ■■Main Line for Koshien, Amagasaki and Osaka (Umeda)
2 ■■Main Line for Motomachi, Kosoku Kobe, Shinkaichi, Suma, Akashi and Himeji
3 ■■Main Line returning for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda, Namba) and Nara

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line
Kasuganomichi   Hanshin Local   Motomachi
Terminus   Sanyo Local   Motomachi
Uozaki   Rapid Express   Terminus
Mikage   Limited Express   Motomachi
Terminus   Sanyo S Limited Express   Motomachi


Hankyu Railway Kobe Line, Kobe Kosoku Line

Hankyu Railway
Sannomiya Station
三宮駅
Location
Prefecture Hyōgo
City Kobe
Ward Chūō
Neighborhood etc. Kanōchō Yonchōme
(in Japanese) 神戸市中央区加納町四丁目
History
Year opened 1936
Former name Kōbe Station
Present name since 1968
Rail services
Operator(s) Hankyu Corporation
Line(s) Kobe Main Line
Kobe Kosoku Line
Sannomiya Station
(Hankyu) layout
Legend

↑Kasuganomichi
(Kobe Line)
3 2 1

↓Hanakuma
(Kobe Kosoku Line)

Layout

This station has two island platforms with three tracks elevated close to JR Sannomiya Station.

1 ■Kobe Kosoku Line (Line 1) for Shinkaichi and the Sanyo Railway Main Line (Akashi, Himeji)
2 ■Kobe KosokuLine (Line 2) for Shinkaichi and the Sanyo Railway Main Line (Akashi, Himeji)
only used for terminating trains
3 ■Kobe Line (Line 2) for Nishinomiya-kitaguchi, Osaka (Umeda), Takarazuka, Imazu, Kyoto and Kita-Senri
4 ■Kobe Line (Line 3) for Nishinomiya-kitaguchi, Osaka (Umeda), Takarazuka, Imazu, Kyoto and Kita-Senri

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hankyu Railway Kobe Line, Kobe Kosoku Line
Kasuganomichi (Kobe Line)   Hankyu Local   Hanakuma (Kobe Kosoku Line)
Terminus   Sanyo Local   Hanakuma (Kobe Kosoku Line)
Kasuganomichi (Kobe Line)   Commutation Express   Terminus
Kasuganomichi (Kobe Line)   Express   Hanakuma (Kobe Kosoku Line)
Rokkō (Kobe Line)   Rapid Express   Hanakuma (Kobe Kosoku Line)
Rokkō (Kobe Line)   Extra Limited Express (Kosoku Kobe - Arashiyama)   Hanakuma (Kobe Kosoku Line)
Okamoto (Kobe Line)   Limited Express
Commutation Limited Express		   Hanakuma (Kobe Kosoku Line)


Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line

Kobe Municipal Subway
Sannomiya Station
三宮駅
Location
Prefecture Hyōgo
City Kobe
Ward Chūō
Neighborhood etc. Kitanagasa-dōri Itchōme
(in Japanese) 神戸市中央区北長狭通一丁目
History
Year opened 1985
Rail services
Station number(s) S03
Operator(s) Kobe Municipal Subway
Line(s) Seishin-Yamate Line
Sannomiya Station
(Kobe Subway) layout
Legend
  • left: 2nd basement
  • right: 3rd basement

↑Shin-Kobe
1 2

↓Kenchomae

Layout

This station has a side platform serving a track on the second basement and the third basement.

1 ■Seishin-Yamate Line (second basement) for Shin-Kobe and Tanigami
2 ■Seishin-Yamate Line (third basement) for Shin-Nagata, Myōdani and Seishin-Chuo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Seishin-Yamate Line (S03)
Shin-Kobe (S02) - Kenchomae (S04)


Port Liner

Port Liner
Sannomiya Station
三宮駅
Location
Prefecture Hyōgo
City Kobe
Ward Chūō
Neighborhood etc. Kumoi-dōri Hatchōme
(in Japanese) 神戸市中央区雲井通八丁目
History
Year opened 1981
Rail services
Station number(s) P01
Operator(s) Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd.
Line(s) Port Island Line
 Sannomiya Station
(Port Liner) layout 
Legend
Boeki Center→
1 2

Layout

This station has an island platform serving two tracks elevated.

1, 2 ■Port Liner for Kobe Airport
for Kita Futō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kobe New Transit Prot Island Line (Port Liner, P01)
Terminus Local Bōeki Center (P02)
Terminus Rapid Naka Koen (P04)


Surroundings

East side (East entrance of Kobe New Transit and JR West)
  • Kobe Shimbun Kaikan (M-INT Kobe)
    • Sannomiya Bus Terminal (M1 - M11)
  • Chuo Ward Office, Kobe
  • Shinki Bus Sannomiya Bus Terminal (M15)
South side (East of Flower Road, Center entrance of Hanshin Railway, Kobe New Transit and JR West)
  • The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited Kobe Branch
    • Hanshin Bus expressway bus (Kobe Sannomiya), Transit buses (Sannomiya-ekimae) (Y1, Y2)
  • Kobe Sanyo Bus expressway bus (Kobe Sannomiya), Transit buses (Sannomiya-ekimae) (M12 - M14)
  • Sannomiya OPA
  • Sogo Kobe
    • Shinki Bus expressway bus (Kobe Sannomiya), Transit buses (Sannomiya-ekimae) (Y3 - Y5)
  • Kobe Loft
    • Transit buses (Hanshin-mae) (Y6, Y7)
South side (West of Flower Road, Entrances of Hankyu Railway, West entrance of Hanshin Railway and JR West)
North side (East of Flower Road, East entrance of JR West and Kobe Subway)
  • Sundai
  • Transit buses (Subway Sannomiya) (N4 - N8)
North side (West of Flower Road, East entrance of Hankyu Railway and Kobe Subway)
  • Yoyogi Seminar
  • Transit buses (Subway Sannomiya) (N1 - N3)
West side (West entrance of Hankyu Railway and Kobe Subway)

External links

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)

Umeda – Nakatsu – (Shin-Yodogawa) – Jūsō – Kanzakigawa – Sonoda – Tsukaguchi – Mukonosō – Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi – Shukugawa – Ashiyagawa – Okamoto – Mikage – Rokkō – Ōji-kōen – Kasuganomichi – Sannomiya - Hanakuma – Kōsoku Kōbe – Shinkaichi

Old Line (Kamitsutsui Line): Nishinada – Kamitsutsui
Stations on the Seishin-Yamate Line and the Hokushin Line

(<< Main Line for Umeda (Hanshin)) Motomachi - Nishi-Motomachi - (<< for Sannomiya (Hankyu)) Kōsoku Kōbe - Shinkaichi - Daikai - Kōsoku Nagata - Nishidai (>> Sanyo Railway Main Line for Sanyo Himeji)