Mikage Station (Hanshin)

Mikage Station (御影駅, Mikage-eki) is an elevated railway station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, with trains traveling east to Hanshin's terminal in Umeda (Osaka), and west to central Kobe (Motomachi and Sannomiya). At Motomachi, number of limited express trains carry on along the Sanyo Railway to Himeji city.

Mikage Station

御影駅
General information
LocationMikage Hommachi 1-chome, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo
(神戸市東灘区御影本町一丁目)
Japan
Coordinates34°42′53″N 135°15′20″E
Operated byHanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)Main Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeHS 25
History
Opened1905
Passengers
200520,667 (daily)
Services
Hanshin Main Line (HS 25)
Sumiyoshi (HS 24)   Local   Ishiyagawa (HS 26)
Uozaki   Express (1 terminating train only on weekdays)   Terminus
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Uozaki (HS 23)   Morning Limited Express (Osaka-Umeda bound trains only on weekdays)   Terminus
Uozaki (HS 23)   Limited Express   Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32)
Uozaki (HS 23)   Direct Limited Express   Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32)

Overview

Layout

The station has four tracks with two island platforms elevated with an elevator each.

1  Main Line limited express trains for Amagasaki and Osaka (Umeda)
Change trains at Amagasaki for Namba and Nara
2  Main Line local trains for Amagasaki and Osaka (Umeda)
Change trains at Amagasaki for Namba and Nara
3  Main Line limited express trains for Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Shinkaichi, Suma, Akashi, and Himeji
4  Main Line local trains for Sannomiya and Kosoku Kobe

Surroundings

Buses

  • Departing from the north side
  • Departing from the south side
    • Route 33 for Higashinada Ward Office, Okamoto and JR Konan-Yamate
    • Route 35 for Higashinada Ward Office and Uozaki
    • Route 39 for JR Sumiyoshi, Hankyu Mikage, Konan Hospital, Kamokogahara and Sumiyoshi Primary School attached to Kobe University

Kobe Ferry Bus

  • West side of Mikage Station, in front of Lawson Store 100
    • For Rokko Island Ferry Terminal and Rokko Passenger Ship Terminal

Kobe Minato Kanko

  • West side of Mikage Station (northbound), in front of Morozoff Limited Kansai Branch
    • For Hankyu Mikage, Okamoto and Shukugawa Green Town (Hankyu Shukugawa)
  • West side of Mikage Station (southbound), north of Edition appliance store Mikage

History

Mikage Station opened on the Hanshin Main Line on 12 April 1905.[1]

Service was suspended owing to the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Hanshin Main Line took 7 months to complete.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Mikage being designated as station number HS-25.[2]

References

  1. 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center. 2012. ISBN 9784343006745.
  2. "阪神「三宮」を「神戸三宮」に駅名変更のうえ、駅ナンバリングを導入し、全てのお客さまに分かりやすい駅を目指します" [After changing the station name from Hanshin "Sannomiya" to "Kobe Sannomiya", Introduced station numbering, Aiming for a station that is easy for all customers to understand] (PDF). Hanshin News Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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