Kōshien Station
Kōshien Station 甲子園駅 | |
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|---|---|
| East gate, March 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Hyōgo (See other stations in Hyōgo) |
| City | Nishinomiya |
| Neighborhood etc. | Kōshien Nanabanchō |
| Coordinates | 34°43′26.07″N 135°21′47.49″E / 34.7239083°N 135.3631917°ECoordinates: 34°43′26.07″N 135°21′47.49″E / 34.7239083°N 135.3631917°E |
| (in Japanese) | 兵庫県西宮市甲子園七番町 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1924 (extra station) 1926 (all-season station) |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | Hanshin Electric Railway |
| Line(s) | Hanshin Main Line |
 Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station | |
Kōshien Station (甲子園駅 Kōshien-eki) is a railway station on the Hanshin Main Line in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway. It is the nearest station to Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
Station layout
This station has two elevated island platforms and 2 side platforms serving four tracks, and an additional side track is located in the west of the platforms. Ticket gates are located at the east and the west, and there is stadium exit from the south side platform serving Track 4 to the west, and north exit on the opposite side of the west gate.
The side platforms were partly removed and boarded during station remodeling. The side platform to the north of Track 1 will be removed and new Track 1 will be located.
Platforms
| ■alighting only | when events are held at Koshien Stadium | |
| 1, 2 | ■■■Hanshin Main Line | for Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda, Namba), and Nara |
| 3, 4 | ■■■Hanshin Main Line | for Kobe (Sannomiya), Akashi, and Himeji |
| ■alighting only | when events are held at Koshien Stadium |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line | ||||
| Naruo | Local | Kusugawa | ||
| Naruo | Morning Express (weekday mornings) | Terminus | ||
| Mukogawa | Express | Imazu | ||
| Amagasaki Mukogawa (except weekday mornings/evenings) |
Rapid Express | Imazu (weekends/holidays) Nishinomiya | ||
| Amagasaki | Limited Express Hanshin-Sanyo Through Limited Express (except eastbound on weekday mornings) |
Nishinomiya | ||
| Noda | Morning Limited Express for Umeda (weekday mornings) | Imazu | ||
History
- August 1, 1924 - Koshien Station opened as an extra station.
- July 1, 1926 - The Koshien Line opened from this station to Hama-Koshien.
- July 16, 1926 - The station on the Main Line became an all-season station.
- June 25, 1928 - The Koshien Line was extended from this station to Kami-Koshien.
- April 24, 1949 - Baseball specters fell over like a file of dominoes, killing 1 and injuring 11.
- May 6, 1975 - The Koshien Line was abandoned.
- January 17, 1995 - The Great Hanshin Earthquake hit the Main Line and there became no operation on the line.
- The train operation resumed on the Main Line from Umeda to Koshien on January 18, from Koshien to Ogi on January 26, and on the whole line on June 26.
Renovation
On June 8, 2011, Hanshin Electric Railway announced plans to renovate Koshien Station from autumn 2011, with work completed by spring 2017. Of four platforms at the station, a side platform for unloading eastbound trains will be removed and the remaining three platforms will be widened to accommodate an elevator connecting the west gate on each platform and another elevator connecting the east gate on each of the two platforms used for boarding trains. The west gate will be widened to ease access to Hanshin Koshien Stadium, covering a camphor tree in the south of the station. The east entrance will be situated near the east gate making it easier for passengers to access the eastern area of the station. A large roof will cover the center of the platforms and the tracks.[1]
Surrounding area
East
- LaLaPort Koshien
- KidZania Koshien
- Ito Yokado
- Koshien Post Office
- Hanshin Bus southbound stops
- for Koshien Hachibancho
- for Hanshin Amagasaki via Koshien Hachibancho / for Hanshin Nishinomiya via Hamakoshien
- for Hamakoshien
- for Mukogawa-danchi
- for Takasu-higashi
- for Naruohama
- airport limousine for Osaka International Airport (operated by Hanshin Bus and Osaka Airport Transport)
West
- Hanshin Koshien Stadium
- Daiei Koshien
- Hanshin Bus northbound stops
- for JR Koshienguchi
- for Hanshin Nishinomiya via JR Nishinomiya
- for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi (operated by Hanshin Bus and Hankyu Bus)
- for Takarazuka via Takarazuka City Hospital
- for Amagasaki-Hamada Depot and Nodahanshin-mae
- to Namba (running after night games) (suspended in 2011 and 2012, resumed in 2013)[2]
- Novotel Koshien
References
- ↑ "甲子園駅をリニューアルします ～阪神甲子園球場の玄関口が新しく生まれ変わります～" [Koshien Station, the nearest station to Hanshin Koshien Stadium, to be renovated.] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. June 8, 2011.
- ↑ "ナイター開催日 なんば行直行バスが復活!" [Non-stop buses from Koshien to Namba will be resumed.] (PDF) (in Japanese). Hanshin Bus Co., Ltd. March 21, 2013.
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