is a

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in Kita-ku,

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on the

Hankyu Kobe 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 Group ...

and the Hankyu Takarazuka Line, and is operated by

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. While situated relatively close to on the Midosuji Line, there are no free transfers between the two stations. In past, there was a car stop on the Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line in the west side of this station on the Hankyu Railway lines.

Layout

The station consists of four tracks and two island platforms, each serving one line. Trains of the Kyoto Line run alongside the Kobe Line and the Takarazuka Line, but do not stop at Nakatsu. Officially the tracks for Kyoto Line are treated as express tracks for Takarazuka Line. The Kyoto Line services do not stop at this station because of the absence of any platforms on this line.

History

*3 August 1914 - Nakatsu Station on the Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line opened. *4 November 1925 - Nakatsu Station on the Hanshin Kyuko Railway (present: Hankyu) lines opened. *5 September 1926 - The Hanshin Kyuko Railway lines from Umeda to Juso were elevated. Nakatsu Station became an elevated station serving 4 tracks, 2 tracks for one line. *6 May 1975 - The Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line was abolished. *21 December 2013 - Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations with this station being designated as station number HK-02.

Adjacent stations

Past line

References

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Hankyū Kōbe Main Line Hankyu Railway Takarazuka Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1925 Railway stations closed in 1975 {{Osaka-railstation-stub