Nakatsu Station (Hankyu)

For the station on the Midosuji Line, see Nakatsu Station (Osaka Municipal Subway).

Nakatsu Station 中津駅
Takarazuka Line platform
Location
Prefecture	Osaka (See other stations in Osaka)
City	Osaka
Ward	Kita
Neighborhood etc.	Nakatsu Sanchōme
Coordinates	34°42′35.05″N 135°29′34.76″E
(in Japanese)	大阪市北区中津3丁目
History
Year opened	1925
Rail services
Operator(s)	Hankyu Corporation
Line(s)	Kōbe Main Line Takarazuka Main Line
There is a bus stop near this station

Nakatsu Station (中津駅, Nakatsu-eki) is a railway station in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan on the Hankyu Kobe Line and the Hankyu Takarazuka Line, and is operated by Hankyu Railway. There is also a station named Nakatsu on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line, but the two stations are not connected. In past, there was a car stop on the Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line in the west side of this station on the Hankyu Railway lines.

Layout

The station consists of four tracks and two island platforms, each serving one line. Trains of the Kyoto Line run alongside the Kobe Line and the Takarazuka Line, but do not stop at Nakatsu. Officially the tracks for Kyoto Line are treated as express tracks for Takarazuka Line.

1	■Kobe Line	for Nishinomiya-kitaguchi and Kobe (Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Shinkaichi) (Change trains at Juso for Kyoto and Kita-Senri)
2	■Kobe Line	Umeda
3	■Takarazuka Line	for Kawanishi-Noseguchi, Takarazuka and Minoo (Change trains at Juso for Kyoto and Kita-Senri)
4	■Takarazuka Line	Umeda

History

Nakatsu Station 中津駅
Location
Prefecture	Osaka (See other stations in Osaka)
City	Osaka
Ward	Kita
Neighborhood etc.	Nakatsu
(in Japanese)	大阪市北区中津
History
Year opened	1914
Year closed	1975
Rail services
Operator(s)	Hanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)	Kita-Osaka Line

• August 3, 1914 - Nakatsu Station on the Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line opened.
• November 4, 1925 - Nakatsu Station on the Hanshin Kyuko Railway (present: Hankyu) lines opened.
• September 5, 1926 - The Hanshin Kyuko Railway lines from Umeda to Juso were elevated. Nakatsu Station became an elevated station serving 4 tracks, 2 tracks for one line.
• May 6, 1975 - The Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line was abolished.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hankyu Corporation
Kōbe Main Line
Umeda		Local		Jūsō
Semi-Express (only running from Takarazuka for Umeda): no stop
Commutation Express: no stop
Express: no stop
Rapid Express: no stop
Morning Commutation Limited Express: no stop
Limited Express: no stop
Takarazuka Main Line
Umeda		Local		Jūsō
Umeda		Semi-Express		Juso
Commutation Semi-Express: no stop
Express: no stop
Morning Commutation Express: no stop
Limited Express: no stop

Past line

«		Service	»
Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line
Higashi-Oyodo		-	Kitano