is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
on the
Hanshin Electric Railway
is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.
The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form the ...
Main Line in
Nada-ku,
Kobe,
Hyōgo Prefecture,
Japan.
Overview
Layout
This station is elevated and has two
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
s serving two tracks each, and crossovers are located on both sides of the platforms enabling to depart from any track for Osaka and Kobe Sannomiya.
History
Nishinada Station opened on the Hanshin Main Line on 12 April 1905.
Service was suspended owing to the
Great Hanshin earthquake
The , or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and ha ...
in January 1995. Restoration work on the Hanshin Main Line took 7 months to complete.
Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Kasuganomichi being designated as station number HS-28.
Gallery
File:Oishi Station Entrance.jpg, Station entrance in 2019
File:Oishi Station (01) IMG 9811r 20151128.JPG, Station platforms in 2015
File:Oishi Station (02) IMG 9812r 20151128.JPG, Station nameplate
References
External links
Station website
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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1905
Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture