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located in

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. It is operated by the private transportation company Hanshin Electric Railway.

Lines

Ishiyagawa Station is served by the

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, and is located 26.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of one elevated

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serving two tracks. Part of the platform crosses the Ishiya River. The effective length of the platform is 120 meters, which corresponds to a 19-meter-class Hanshin 6-car train. However, only 4-car trains stop at this station. The Ishiyagawa rail yard is located on the Sannomiya side of the station, and there is a crossover track. There is only one ticket gate on the ground level.

Platforms

History

Ishiyagawa Station opened on the Hanshin Main Line on 12 April 1905. Service was suspended owing to the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Hanshin Main Line took 7 months to complete. The station was reconstructed as an island platform station, instead of its previous two opposed side platform configuration. Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Ishiyagawa being designated as station number HS-26.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 6,838 passengers daily

Surrounding area

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( 国道2号) - Arterial route from Osaka to

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*Kobe Municipal Mikage Public Hall ( 神戸市立御影公会堂) *A stage of Grave of the Fireflies ( 火垂るの墓の舞台) * Ishiyagawa Park ( 石屋川公園)The Cherry Trees are in full blossom at Ishiyagawa Park located at the boundary of Nada Ward and Higashi-Nada Ward , Higashi-Nada Journal
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Buses

Kobe City Bus *"Mikage Kokaido Mae" stop of Route 16 for (JR六甲道), , Kobe University Faculty of Intercultural Studies (神大国際文化学部前), and Rokko Cable Car Station Hanshin Bus *"Kami Ishiya" stop for

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(阪神西宮) and Kobe Zeikan Mae ( 神戸税関前)

References

External links

Ishiyagawa Station website
{{Hanshin Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1905 Railway stations in Kobe Hanshin Main Line