is a

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located in Konohana-ku,

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. It is served by the

Osaka Loop Line The is a railway Circle route, loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It encircles central Osaka. Part of a second, outer loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten Station, Hanaten to Kyuhoji Station, Kyuh ...

and the Sakurajima Line (JR Yumesaki Line) owned by

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(JR West) as well as the

Hanshin Namba Line The is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway connecting Amagasaki Station in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, and Ōsaka Namba Station in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. History The , the pre ...

owned by

Hanshin Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway company owned by 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 ...

JR West

At Nishikujō Station, regardless of the train type, through trains to/from the Osaka Loop Line and Sakurajima Line trains arrive and depart from center platforms 2 and 3 (there are two platforms on either side of a single central track). Also, some Osaka-bound trains depart from the Loop Line clockwise-bound platform and some Sakurajima-bound trains from the Loop Line counterclockwise platform.

Station layout

There are two island platforms with three tracks elevated.

Adjacent stations

History

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Nishikujo being assigned station numbers JR-O14 for the Osaka Loop Line and JR-P14 for the Sakurajima Line.

Hanshin Electric Railway

The station opened on 21 May 1964.

Station layout

The station was constructed with the level of tracks which cross over the Osaka Loop Line to schedule to extend to Namba. The station consists of two elevated side platforms serving a track each. When the station opened, Platform 1 was rarely used while Platform 2 was used for trains bound for Amagasaki. Between 1965 and 1974 when Nishi-Osaka limited express trains were operated, Platform 1 was used for these trains. Until the opening of the Hanshin Namba Line in 2009, the track (platform) was used as the arrival platform from January 23 until February 23.

Adjacent stations

All rapid express trains pass Chidoribashi, Dempo, Fuku, Dekijima, and Daimotsu every day from March 20, 2012, and suburban semi-express trains run to Amagasaki instead.

Surrounding area

*Yoshinoya JR Nishikujo *Nishikujo Park *Asahibashi Park, Nishikujo Community Plaza *Creo Osaka West Building *Osaka Municipal Fire Department Konohana Fire Station Nishikujo Branch *Ajikawa Tunnel

Bus service

;Operated by

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*Nishikujō (West side of Nishikujō Station) **Route 82: for Takami Itchome *Nishikujō (North side of Nishikujō Station) **Route 56: for Torishima Shako-mae via Kasugade and Shimaya / for via Subway Tamagawa and Fukushima-nishi-dori **Route 59: for Torishima Shako-mae and Hokko Yacht Harbor / for and Osaka ekimae (Osaka Station) via Fukushima Kuyakusho-mae **Route 79: for Sakurajima Sanchome via Kasugade-minami Nichome and Shimaya **Route 81: for Maishima Sports Island

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nishikujo Station Konohana-ku, Osaka Railway stations in Japan opened in 1898 Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964 Railway stations in Osaka Osaka Loop Line Stations of Hanshin Electric Railway