is a passenger

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located in the city of Ashiya

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. It is operated by the private transportation company

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Lines

Uchide Station is served by the

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, and is located 19.0 kilometers from the

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of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of two opposed ground-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s connected by an underground passage.

Platforms

History

Uchide Station opened on 12 April 1905 along with the rest of the Hanshin Main Line. On 12 January 1995, the station was damaged by the

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. Service in the affected area was restored by 26 June 1995. Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Uchide being designated as station number HS-19.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,564 passengers daily

Surrounding area

*Uchideten Shrine ( 打出天神社, 5 minutes walk from the Station)打出の小槌の伝説が残る産土を訪ねて～打出天神社～｜Hankyu Corporation
/ref> *Kanatsuyama Kofun ( 金津山古墳, 100m from the Station)Kanatsuyama Burial Tomb｜Ashiya City Education Committee
/ref> *Uchide Kozuchi Kofun ( 打出小槌古墳, 3 minutes walk from the Station) *Ashiya City Uchide Education and Culture Center
Ashiya City Library Uchide branch
( 芦屋市立図書館打出分室, See also 旧松山家住宅松濤館)

References

External links

Uchide Station website
{{Hanshin Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1905 Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Hanshin Main Line Ashiya, Hyōgo