Motomachi Station (Hyōgo)

Motomachi Station (元町駅, Motomachi-eki) is a railway station in Motomachi, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Motomachi Station

元町駅
Facade of the station
General information
Location1-100, Motomachi Kōka-Dōri (JR)
10-2, Motomachi-Dōri 2-chōme (Hanshin)
Chūō, Kobe, Hyōgo
（神戸市中央区元町高架通1-100 (JR)
神戸市中央区元町通二丁目10-2 (阪神)）
Japan
Coordinates34°41′23″N 135°11′15″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station codeHS 33 (Hanshin)
History
Opened1905
Passengers
2008 (JR
2005 (Hanshin)		48,787 (JR)
15,242 (Hanshin) daily
Services
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Tōkaidō Line (JR Kōbe Line) (A-62)
Sannomiya (JR-A61)   Local   Kōbe (JR-A63)
Sannomiya (JR-A61)   Rapid Service   Kōbe (JR-A63)
Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line,
Kōbe Kōsoku Line (HS 33)
Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Hanshin Local   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Sanyo Local   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Rapid Express (3 eastbound trains only, on weekends and holidays)   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Hanshin Limited Express   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Through Limited Express (yellow marking)   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Sanyo S Limited Express   Kōsoku Kōbe (HS 35, Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Through Limited Express (red marking)   Kosoku Kobe (HS 35, Kōbe Kōsoku Line)

It is one of the main stations serving the central business district of Kobe. The station is the closest access point to the Motomachi shopping district and to Nanking Town, one of Japan's three largest Chinatown districts.

Lines

The JR and Hanshin platforms are separated and no interchange is possible without completely leaving one building and entering another; therefore there are technically two separate Motomachi stations, although they are often treated as one.

The JR station is served by local and rapid trains.

The Hanshin station is the western terminus of the Main Line, although service continues west on the Kobe Rapid Railway.

JR West

Overview

There are 2 elevated island platforms serving 2 tracks each.

1 ■ JR Kobe Line rapid service for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji in the morning and the evening on weekdays
2 ■ JR Kobe Line local trains and rapid service for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji
3 ■ JR Kobe Line local trains and rapid service for Sannomiya, Amagasaki and Osaka
local trains for Kitashinchi (JR Tozai Line)
4 ■ JR Kobe Line rapid service for Sannomiya, Amagasaki and Osaka in the morning
Motomachi Station (JR West) layout

↑Sannomiya

4
3
2
1

↓Kobe

Hanshin Railway

Overview

There is an underground island platform serving 2 tracks.

1 ■ ■Main Line for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka-Umeda, Osaka Namba and Nara
2 ■ ■Kōbe Kōsoku Line for Kosoku Kobe, Suma, Akashi, and Himeji
Motomachi Station (Hanshin) layout

↑Sannomiya

1
2

↓Nishi-Motomachi

  • JR platforms at Motomachi; a freight train passes by in the background
  • The Hanshin Line platforms are underground

Surroundings
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.