is a
railway station in
Higashinada-ku
is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km², and a population of 212,111 (2012). South of the Hanshin Main Line, it is also home to some notable sake brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage.
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Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...
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Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
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Japan
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private operator Hanshin Electric Railway.
Layout
This station consists of two opposed elevated
side platforms serving two tracks.
History
Fukae Station opened on April 12, 1905 along with the rest of the Hanshin Main Line.
On January 17, 1995, the station was damaged by the
Great Hanshin earthquake. Service in the affected area was restored by June 26, 1995.
Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Fukae being designated as station number HS-21.
Between April 2009 and November 2019, the line between
Sumiyoshi Station and
Ashiya Station underwent grade separation.
The elevated westbound tracks opened for service in December 2015 while the eastbound tracks opened for service on November 30, 2019.
Gallery
File:Fukae Station 20200103-2.jpg, Elevated platforms as seen in 2020
File:Fukae Station 20200103-3.jpg, Station concourse at the conclusion of grade separation work
References
External links
Station website (in Japanese){{Hanshin Main Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1905
Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture