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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 pre ...
in Nada-ku,
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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 located at the southeastern corner of Ōji Park, which includes
Ōji Stadium , or simply Ōji Stadium, is an athletic stadium in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. It is east of Ōji Zoo and south of the . It hosted the 1963 Emperor's Cup. The final game between Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , est ...
and the city zoo (
Ōji Zoo , or simply Kobe Zoo or , is a municipal zoo in Kobe, Japan. Attractions ;: Giant pandas since 2000. ; : An indoor educational center featuring skeletal specimens and a reading room. ; : tigers, lions, leopards, snow leopards, and jaguars. ...
).


Layout

Ōji-kōen is an elevated station. It is served by two side platforms serving two tracks.


History

The station opened on 1 April 1936. The station building was relocated in October 1956. Ōji-kōen Station was damaged by 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 had ...
in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete. Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Ōji-kōen being designated as station number HK-14.


References


External links


Station website (in Japanese)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oji-Koen Station Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Hankyū Kōbe Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1936