is a railway station in

Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka, Japan. Higashiyodogawa-ku is located in the north-east part of Osaka city. The population of Higashiyodogawa-ku is 181,535.(2003) The popular area to shop is Awaji, which is about 10 minutes away fro ...

, Japan, operated by the private operator

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Lines

Awaji Station is an intersection of the following two

lines: *

Hankyu Senri Line The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Hankyu Railway. It commenced operation in 1921 and was completed on March 1, 1967. Through trains operate to and from the Hankyu Kyoto Line and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji ...

Hankyu Kyoto Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Osaka-umeda Station in Osaka and Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto. Definition The Kyoto Main Line is often called the for short, and in a br ...

In March 2019, the nearby JR-Awaji Station of the

Osaka Higashi Line The (Literally: Osaka East Line) is a railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR-West). The line connects Shin-Osaka Station in northern Osaka with Kyūhōji Station in Yao, forming an arc around the norther ...

owned by

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(JR West) has been inaugurated.

Station layout

This station 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 with four tracks at ground level.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Awaji Station opened on 1 April 1921. Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-63.

Future plans

Work is being done as of 2012 to elevate a X-shaped section of track from Sōzenji Station to Kami-Shinjō Station on the Kyoto Line and from Kunijima Station to Shimo-Shinjō Station on the Senri Line (including Awaji station from which the aforementioned stations are adjacent stations). Construction began in 2008 and was expected to be completed in 2017 with full operation on the elevated tracks beginning in 2020. However in 2015 it was determined that the original completion date could not be achieved, and the finish date was pushed back to 2024 with operations beginning that year. Nevertheless, some reports have suggested that the project would not be completed until 2031 owing to the effects of the

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as well as delays in land acquisition. As a result of the delays, the cost of the project has increased by as much as . File:阪急電鉄千里線高架化(2012年12月撮影) - panoramio.jpg, Elevated guideway of the Senri line under construction in 2012 File:Elevation Construction of Awaji Station 201905-3.jpg, Construction of the elevated station structure in 2019 File:Awaji Sta. Senri line crossing over Kyoto Line.jpg, View of construction in the background as a northbound train enters the station

References

External links

Hankyu station information
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