is a

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on the

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Main Line in Nada-ku,

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Overview

Layout

This station is elevated and has two

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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 Great Hanshin Earthquake (, ) occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region of Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 o ...

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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oishi Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1905 Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture