Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station is served by the Hankyu Imazu Line, and is located 7.7 kilometres (4.8 miles) from the terminus of the line at Takarazuka and is also served by the Hankyu Kobe Line , for which it is 15.6 kilometres (9.7 miles) from the terminus of that line at Osaka-umeda. The platforms of Hankyu Imazu Line to Takarazuka Station, northbound, and Imazu Station, southbound are separated, and so there are no through trains from Takarazuka to Imazu.
Layoutedit
Current track map of Hankyu Railway Nishinomiya-kitaguchi station
Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station opened on 16 July 1920 when the Kobe Main Line opened.[2] The Imazu Line opened the next year.
Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete.[3]
Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi being designated as station number HK-08.[4]
Past layoutedit
Track map of Hankyu Railway Nishinomiya-kitaguchi station before 1984
There were four 90-degree diamond crossings served by the Kobe Line and the Imazu Line until they were removed in 1984 to build the new station building. The crossings were located in the south of the platforms for the Imazu Line, between the westbound platforms and the eastbound platforms for the Kobe Line.
Kobe Line westbound platforms: on the east side of the Imazu Line, an island platform serving 2 tracks with a side platform for arrivals in the south.
■ Exit
from trains at Line 1
1, 2
■ Kōbe Line
for Kōbe (Kobe-sannomiya, Rokko, Shinkaichi) and the Sanyo Railway Main Line
Kobe Line eastbound platforms: on the west side of the Imazu Line, an island platform serving 2 tracks with a side platform for arrivals in the north.
3, 4
■ Kōbe Line
for Ōsaka (Umeda), Itami, Kyoto and Kita-Senri
■ Exit
from trains at Line 4
Imazu Line: on the north side of the Kobe Line, a side platform and a dead-end platform serving 4 tracks, one of which tracks was removed in 1977.
5
■ Imazu Line
for Imazu
6, 7
■ Imazu Line
for Nigawa, Takarazuka, Kawanishi-noseguchi and Minoo
8
■ Imazu Line
for Takarazuka (Used during the rush hour until 1977)
Passenger statisticsedit
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 57,674 passengers daily[5]
Busesedit
South Terminal
Hankyu Bus Co.
Bus stop 1
Route 1 for Kabutoyama Cemetery (via JR Nishinomiya, Nishinomiya City Hall, JR Sakura Shukugawa, Hankyu Shukugawa and Nishinomiya-Kabutoyama High School)
Route 7 for Hankyu Shukugawa (via JR Nishinomiya, Egamicho and JR Sakura Shukugawa) only one service on Saturdays
Route 26 for Hanshin Nishinomiya (via JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall)
Route 50 for Nishinomiya Central Hospital (via Koshien Junior College, Kumanocho, JR Koshienguchi, Kumanocho, Kawaragi Junior High School and Hinoguchi Elementary School)
Route 96 for Hankyu Ishibashi and Ishibashi-kitaguchi (via Nishinomiya Central Hospital, Koyanosato, Itami City Hall and Kitamura)
Route 97 for Toyonaka (via Nishinomiya Central Hospital, Koyanosato, Itami City Hall, Kitamura and Hotarugaike)
Route 100 for Hanshin Koshien (via Takahatacho and Kokudo Kamikoshien)
Sakura Yamanami Bus for Yamaguchi area and Arima Onsen (via JR Nishinomiya, JR Sakura Shukugawa and Hankyu Shukugawa)
Bus stop 2
Route 11 for Kwansei-Gakuin and Kotoen (via JR Nishinomiya, Nakamura and Uegahara-rokubancho)
Route 12 for Kwansei-Gakuin and Kotoen (via Notocho and Uegahara-rokubancho)
Route 16 for Kwansei-Gakuin and Kotoen (via Notocho and Atagoyama)
Route 19 for Kwansei-Gakuin and Kotoen (via JR Nishinomiya, Nakamura and Atagoyama)
Bus stop 3
Route 22, 23 for Asanagicho (via Ryodocho, JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall (Hanshin Nishinomiya Station East Entrance))
Route 24 for Asanagicho (via Hankyu Bus Nishinomiya Office, JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall (Hanshin Nishinomiya Station East Entrance))
Hanshin Bus Co.
Bus stop 1
for Hanshin Nishinomiya (via JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall)
for Hanshin Koshien (via Takahatacho and Kokudo Kamikoshien)
for Nishinomiyahama (via JR Nishinomiya, Nishinomiya City Hall and Hanshin Nishinomiya)
Orix Buffaloes - The Hankyu Braves, predecessors of the Orix Buffaloes, were based at Nishinomiya Stadium and Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station was the nearest station. In those days, train conductors called the station name as "Nishinomiya-kitaguchi, Nishinomiya Stadium-mae". Now there is Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens opened on November 26, 2008 on the vacant lot where the stadium used to be, and the station name is announced "Nishinomiya-kitaguchi, Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens-mae".
^兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN978-4-343-00602-8.
^Hankyu Corporation (April 2001). 阪急ステーション [Hankyu Stations] (in Japanese). Osaka: Hankyu Corporation. p. 118. ISBN4-89485-051-6.
^曽根, 悟 (October 2010). "週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 大手私鉄" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN978-4-02-340142-6.
^ ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External linksedit
Media related to Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station at Wikimedia Commons
Station website (in English)
Station website (in Japanese) (in Japanese)
January 01, 1970
nishinomiya, kitaguchi, station, 西宮北口駅, nishinomiya, kitaguchi, station, number, junction, passenger, railway, station, located, city, nishinomiya, hyōgo, prefecture, japan, operated, private, transportation, company, hankyu, railway, main, stations, nishinomi. Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station 西宮北口駅 Nishinomiya kitaguchi eki station number HK 08 is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Nishinomiya Hyōgo Prefecture Japan It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway 1 It is one of the main stations in Nishinomiya City with Hanshin Nishinomiya Station and JR Nishinomiya Station Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station西宮北口駅Hankyu Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station track 5General informationOther namesHankyu Nishinomiya Gardens 阪急西宮ガーデンズ前 Location1 chōme 2 Kōfuen Nishinomiya shi Hyōgo ken 662 0832JapanCoordinates34 44 45 32 N 135 21 23 99 E 34 7459222 N 135 3566639 E 34 7459222 135 3566639Operated byHankyu RailwayLine s Hankyu Kobe Main Line Hankyu Imazu LinePlatforms2 island 3 side 3 bay platformsOther informationStation codeHK 08WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened16 July 1920 1920 07 16 PassengersFY201957 674ServicesHankyu Railway Kōbe Main Line HK 08 Mukonosō HK 07 Local Shukugawa HK 09 Tsukaguchi HK 06 Express Shukugawa HK 09 Mukonosō HK 07 Commutation Express on weekdays Shukugawa HK 09 Jusō HK 03 Limited Express Shukugawa HK 09 Tsukaguchi HK 06 Commutation Limited ExpressSemi limited ExpressLimited Express Atago operated during crowded season Shukugawa HK 09 Semi Express from the Imazu Line for Umeda Does not stop at this station Express from the Imazu Line for Umeda on the days of horse racing Does not stop at this station Limited Express Togetsu operated during crowded season Does not stop at this station Hankyu Railway Imazu Line north HK 08 Mondo Yakujin HK 23 Local Terminus Semi Express to the Kōbe Line for Umeda Does not stop at this station Express to the Kōbe Line for Umeda on the days of horse racing Does not stop at this station Limited Express Togetsu operated during crowded season Does not stop at this station Hankyu Railway Imazu Line south HK 08 Terminus Hanshin Kokudō HK 22 LocationNishinomiya Kitaguchi StationLocation within Hyōgo PrefectureShow map of Hyōgo PrefectureNishinomiya Kitaguchi StationNishinomiya Kitaguchi Station Japan Show map of Japan Contents 1 Lines 2 Layout 3 History 3 1 Past layout 4 Passenger statistics 4 1 Buses 5 Surrounding area 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksLines editNishinomiya Kitaguchi Station is served by the Hankyu Imazu Line and is located 7 7 kilometres 4 8 miles from the terminus of the line at Takarazuka and is also served by the Hankyu Kobe Line for which it is 15 6 kilometres 9 7 miles from the terminus of that line at Osaka umeda The platforms of Hankyu Imazu Line to Takarazuka Station northbound and Imazu Station southbound are separated and so there are no through trains from Takarazuka to Imazu Layout edit nbsp Current track map of Hankyu Railway Nishinomiya kitaguchi station Kobe Line 2 island platforms and 2 side platforms serving 2 tracks each Exit from trains at Line 1 1 2 Kōbe Line for Shukugawa Kōbe Kobe sannomiya Rokko Shinkaichi and the Sanyo Railway Main Line 3 4 Kōbe Line for Ōsaka Umeda Itami Kyōto and Kita Senri Exit from trains at Line 4 Imazu Line south an elevated side platform serving a track 5 Imazu Line south for Imazu Imazu Line north 3 bay platforms serving 2 tracks Exit from trains at Line 6 6 Imazu Line north for Nigawa Takarazuka Kawanishi noseguchi and Minoo during the rush hour 7 Imazu Line north for Nigawa Takarazuka Kawanishi noseguchi and Minoo Exit from trains at Line 7 nbsp Concourse of Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station nbsp Concourse of Nishinomiya Kitaguchi StationHistory editNishinomiya Kitaguchi Station opened on 16 July 1920 when the Kobe Main Line opened 2 The Imazu Line opened the next year Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995 Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete 3 Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013 with Nishinomiya Kitaguchi being designated as station number HK 08 4 Past layout edit nbsp Track map of Hankyu Railway Nishinomiya kitaguchi station before 1984 There were four 90 degree diamond crossings served by the Kobe Line and the Imazu Line until they were removed in 1984 to build the new station building The crossings were located in the south of the platforms for the Imazu Line between the westbound platforms and the eastbound platforms for the Kobe Line Kobe Line westbound platforms on the east side of the Imazu Line an island platform serving 2 tracks with a side platform for arrivals in the south Exit from trains at Line 1 1 2 Kōbe Line for Kōbe Kobe sannomiya Rokko Shinkaichi and the Sanyo Railway Main Line Kobe Line eastbound platforms on the west side of the Imazu Line an island platform serving 2 tracks with a side platform for arrivals in the north 3 4 Kōbe Line for Ōsaka Umeda Itami Kyoto and Kita Senri Exit from trains at Line 4 Imazu Line on the north side of the Kobe Line a side platform and a dead end platform serving 4 tracks one of which tracks was removed in 1977 5 Imazu Line for Imazu 6 7 Imazu Line for Nigawa Takarazuka Kawanishi noseguchi and Minoo 8 Imazu Line for Takarazuka Used during the rush hour until 1977 Passenger statistics editIn fiscal 2019 the station was used by an average of 57 674 passengers daily 5 Buses edit South Terminal Hankyu Bus Co Bus stop 1 Route 1 for Kabutoyama Cemetery via JR Nishinomiya Nishinomiya City Hall JR Sakura Shukugawa Hankyu Shukugawa and Nishinomiya Kabutoyama High School Route 7 for Hankyu Shukugawa via JR Nishinomiya Egamicho and JR Sakura Shukugawa only one service on Saturdays Route 26 for Hanshin Nishinomiya via JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall Route 50 for Nishinomiya Central Hospital via Koshien Junior College Kumanocho JR Koshienguchi Kumanocho Kawaragi Junior High School and Hinoguchi Elementary School Route 96 for Hankyu Ishibashi and Ishibashi kitaguchi via Nishinomiya Central Hospital Koyanosato Itami City Hall and Kitamura Route 97 for Toyonaka via Nishinomiya Central Hospital Koyanosato Itami City Hall Kitamura and Hotarugaike Route 100 for Hanshin Koshien via Takahatacho and Kokudo Kamikoshien Sakura Yamanami Bus for Yamaguchi area and Arima Onsen via JR Nishinomiya JR Sakura Shukugawa and Hankyu Shukugawa Bus stop 2 Route 11 for Kwansei Gakuin and Kotoen via JR Nishinomiya Nakamura and Uegahara rokubancho Route 12 for Kwansei Gakuin and Kotoen via Notocho and Uegahara rokubancho Route 16 for Kwansei Gakuin and Kotoen via Notocho and Atagoyama Route 19 for Kwansei Gakuin and Kotoen via JR Nishinomiya Nakamura and Atagoyama Bus stop 3 Route 22 23 for Asanagicho via Ryodocho JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall Hanshin Nishinomiya Station East Entrance Route 24 for Asanagicho via Hankyu Bus Nishinomiya Office JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall Hanshin Nishinomiya Station East Entrance Hanshin Bus Co Bus stop 1 for Hanshin Nishinomiya via JR Nishinomiya and Nishinomiya City Hall for Hanshin Koshien via Takahatacho and Kokudo Kamikoshien for Nishinomiyahama via JR Nishinomiya Nishinomiya City Hall and Hanshin Nishinomiya North Terminal airport limousine for Kansai International Airport operated by Hankyu Bus Co Hanshin Bus Co Osaka Airport Transport Co Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co and Nankai Bus Co for Osaka International Airport operated by Hanshin Bus Co and Osaka Airport Transport Co Surrounding area editHankyu Railway Nishinomiya Garage Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens formerly Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium Hyogo Performing Arts Center ACTA Nishinomiya Koshien Gakuin Koshien Junior CollegeSee also editList of railway stations in Japan Orix Buffaloes The Hankyu Braves predecessors of the Orix Buffaloes were based at Nishinomiya Stadium and Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station was the nearest station In those days train conductors called the station name as Nishinomiya kitaguchi Nishinomiya Stadium mae Now there is Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens opened on November 26 2008 on the vacant lot where the stadium used to be and the station name is announced Nishinomiya kitaguchi Hankyu Nishinomiya Gardens mae The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Kitaguchi station in this anime was modeled on this station References edit 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR 三セク All stations in Hyogo Prefecture in Japanese Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center 2011 ISBN 978 4 343 00602 8 Hankyu Corporation April 2001 阪急ステーション Hankyu Stations in Japanese Osaka Hankyu Corporation p 118 ISBN 4 89485 051 6 曽根 悟 October 2010 週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 大手私鉄 Weekly History of all Railway Lines Major private railways Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia in Japanese 12 Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2 27 29 ISBN 978 4 02 340142 6 西山天王山 駅開業にあわせて 三宮 服部 中山 松尾 ４駅の駅名を変更し 全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します Sannomiya Hattori Nakayama Matsuo along with the opening of Nishiyama Tennozan station We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations PDF Hankyu Corporation Online 30 April 2013 Archived from the original PDF on 27 April 2016 Retrieved 19 February 2022 養父市統計書 Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook in Japanese Japan Hyogo Prefecture 2019 Retrieved 11 August 2021 External links edit nbsp Media related to Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station at Wikimedia Commons Station website in English Station website in Japanese in Japanese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station amp oldid 1217506107, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
