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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Lines

Tsukaguchi Station is served by the

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, and is located from the

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of the line at . It is also a terminus of the long

Hankyū Itami Line The is a railway line of Hankyu Railway in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, connecting Tsukaguchi Station in the city of Amagasaki and Itami Station in the city of Itami. It extends . History The line opened, electrified at 600 VDC in 1920, and duplic ...

to .

Layout

The station consists of one ground-level

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and one

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. One side of the island platform (for track 3) is short, and is used by the Itami Line. The platforms are connected by an underground passage.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 April 1936. Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Tsukaguchi being designated as station number HK-06.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 45,645 passengers daily

Surrounding area

*Tsukaguchi Sun Sun Town shopping center * Sonoda Women's University *Sonoda Gakuen Junior and Senior High School *Amagasaki City Fire Department

References

External links

Station website

Tsukaguchi Sun Sun Town
{{Hankyu Itami Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1920 Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Hankyū Kōbe Main Line Amagasaki