is a passenger

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located in the city of

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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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. It is operated by the private transportation company

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. The station name, meaning "Osaka–Kobe National Highway Station", is after

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which passes near the station.

Lines

Hanshin-Kokudō Station is served by the

Hankyu Imazu Line , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gro ...

, and is located 8.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 0.9 kilometers from .

Layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated

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s, with the station building underneath.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Hanshin-Kokudō Station opened on May 10, 1927, the year after the opening of the line between Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi and Imazu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2,438 passengers daily. It is the least-used station in the whole Hankyu network.

Surrounding area

*Nishinomiya Municipal Fukatsu Junior High School * Nishinomiya Municipal Fukatsu Elementary School

References

External links

Hanshin-Kokudō Station (Hankyu Railway)
Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Hankyu Railway Imazu Line Stations of Hankyu Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Nishinomiya {{Hyōgo-railstation-stub