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located in the city of Amagasaki

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. It is operated by the private transportation company

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. It is the nearest station to

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Lines

Kōshien Station is served by the

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, and is located 14.1 kilometers from the

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of the line at .

Station layout

This station has two elevated

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s and a

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serving four tracks, and an additional side track is located in the west of the platforms. There was also a side platform to the north of Track 1 till autumn 2014. Ticket gates are located at the east and the west, and there is stadium exit from the side platform serving Track 4 to the west. Every year from 2011 until 2014, the two side platforms were closed for removal work from November till mid-March and boarded from late March till October for the events. One to the north of Track 1 was removed in November 2014 to locate new Track 1 and widen the eastbound platform, completed on February 21, 2015. The other was also removed to locate new Track 4 and the new side platform and widen the westbound platform, completed on March 14. Two elevators were situated on October 26, 2013, one for each platform connecting to the west gate.

Platforms

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 was removed and the remaining three platforms were 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 was widened to ease access to Hanshin Koshien Stadium, covering a

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in the south of the station. The east entrance is situated near the east gate making it easier for passengers to access the eastern area of the station. A large roof covers the center of the platforms and the tracks.

History

*1 August 1924 - Koshien Station opened as an extra station. *1 July 1926 - The Koshien Line opened from this station to Hama-Koshien. *16 July 1926 - The station on the Main Line became an all-season station. *25 June 1928 - The Koshien Line was extended from this station to Kami-Koshien. *24 April 1949 - Baseball specters fell over like a file of dominoes, killing one and injuring eleven. *6 May 1975 - The Koshien Line was abandoned. *17 January 1995 - The

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hit the Main Line and operations were temporarily halted. **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. *21 December 2013 - Introduction of station numbering: Koshien designated as station number HS-14.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 44,690 passengers daily

Surrounding area

East

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*Koshien Police Station *Nishinomiya Municipal Naruo Library *Hanshin Bus southbound stops **for Koshien Hachibancho **for via Koshien Hachibancho / for via Hamakoshien **for Hamakoshien **for Mukogawa-danchi **for Takasu-higashi **for Naruohama **airport limousine for

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(operated by Hanshin Bus and Osaka Airport Transport)

West

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Koshien *Hanshin Bus northbound stops **for **for Hanshin Nishinomiya via **for (operated by Hanshin Bus and Hankyu Bus) **for Takarazuka via Koyanosato and Takarazuka City Hospital **for Amagasaki-Hamada Depot and -eki-kita via Nishi-Oshima **to (running after night games) (suspended in 2011 and 2012, resumed in 2013) *

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Koshien

Gallery

File:Hanshin Koshien stn.旧甲子園線ホーム跡地(2015 May).jpg, Station building in May 2015 File:Koshien Station (03) IMG 3446r R 20150705.JPG, Station platforms in July 2015

References

External links

Kōshien Station website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koshien Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1924 Hanshin Main Line Nishinomiya