Sumiyoshi Station (Hanshin)

Sumiyoshi Station

住吉駅
Sumiyoshi Station; 住吉駅
General information
Location	Sumiyoshi Miyamachi, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo; （兵庫県神戸市東灘区住吉宮町）; Japan
Operated by	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Hanshin Main Line
Other information
Station code	HS 24
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
2004	2,645 (daily)
Services
Hanshin Main Line (HS 24)
	Express (1 Mikage-bound train only on weekdays): Does not stop at this station
	Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
	Morning Limited Express (Osaka-Umeda-bound train only on weekdays): Does not stop at this station
	Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
	Direct Limited Express: Does not stop at this station

Sumiyoshi Station (住吉駅, Sumiyoshi-eki) is an elevated station on the Hanshin Electric Railway main line, with trains travelling east to Hanshin's terminal in Umeda (Osaka), and west to central Kobe (Motomachi and Sannomiya). Only local trains stop at the station, and thus passengers bound for Sannomiya or beyond would change for an Express or Limited Express at Mikage, and passengers heading for Osaka would change for a faster service at Uozaki. It is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from JR Sumiyoshi Station.

Overview

Layout

The station has two tracks and two platforms. Although the station is elevated, it has neither escalators or lifts.

1	■ Main Line	for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda), Namba, and Nara
2	■ Main Line	for Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Akashi, and Himeji

Surroundings

Sumiyoshi Park
Hakutsuru Sake Factory and Museum
Higashi Otomezuka Park
Kikumasa Sake Brewery

History

Sumiyoshi Station opened on April 12, 1905 along with the rest of the Hanshin Main Line.^[1]

It was upgraded to an elevated station in 1929.^[1]

On January 17, 1995, the station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake. Service in the affected area was restored by June 26, 1995.^[2]

Gallery

The elevated Hanshin Main Line platforms

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 不死鳥レールウェイ (in Japanese). 神戸新聞総合出版センター. 2010-01-17. p. 126. ISBN 978-4-343-00537-3.

External links

Station website (in Japanese)

34°42′47″N 135°15′42″E / 34.71306°N 135.26167°E / 34.71306; 135.26167

[:022-1] 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.

[不死鳥-2] 不死鳥レールウェイ (in Japanese). 神戸新聞総合出版センター. 2010-01-17. p. 126. ISBN 978-4-343-00537-3.

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