Kōshien Station
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Kōshien 甲子園 | |
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 East gate, March 2007 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Kōshien Nanabanchō, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo （兵庫県西宮市甲子園七番町） Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°43′26.07″N 135°21′47.49″E / 34.7239083°N 135.3631917°E |
| Operated by | Hanshin Electric Railway |
| Line(s) | Hanshin Main Line |
| Connections |
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| Other information | |
| Station code | HS 14 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1924 (extra station) 1926 (all-season station) |
Kōshien Station (甲子園駅, Kōshien-eki) is a railway station on the Hanshin Main Line in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway. It is the nearest station to Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
Station layout
This station has two elevated island platforms and a side platform serving four tracks, and an additional side track is located in the west of the platforms. There was also a side platform to the north of Track 1 till autumn 2014. Ticket gates are located at the east and the west, and there is stadium exit from the side platform serving Track 4 to the west.
Every year from 2011 till 2014, the 2 side platforms were closed for removal work from November till mid-March and boarded from late March till October for the events. One to the north of Track 1 was removed in November 2014 to locate new Track 1 and widen the eastbound platform, completed on February 21, 2015. The other was also removed to locate new Track 4 and the new side platform and widen the westbound platform, completed on March 14.
2 elevators were situated on October 26, 2013, one for each platform connecting to the west gate.[1]
Platforms
| 1, 2 | ■ ■■Main Line | for Hanshin, Osaka (Umeda, Osaka Namba), and Kintetsu Nara |
| 3, 4 | ■ ■■Main Line | for Sannomiya, Sanyo Akashi, and Sanyo Himeji |
| ■ alighting only | when events are held at Koshien Stadium |
Renovation
On June 8, 2011, Hanshin Electric Railway announced plans to renovate Koshien Station from autumn 2011, with work completed by spring 2017. Of four platforms at the station, a side platform for unloading eastbound trains was removed and the remaining three platforms were widened to accommodate an elevator connecting the west gate on each platform and another elevator connecting the east gate on each of the two platforms used for boarding trains. The west gate will be widened to ease access to Hanshin Koshien Stadium, covering a camphor tree in the south of the station. The east entrance will be situated near the east gate making it easier for passengers to access the eastern area of the station. A large roof will cover the center of the platforms and the tracks.[2]
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line (HS 14) | ||||
| Naruo (HS 13) | Local | Kusugawa (HS 15) | ||
| Naruo (HS 13) | Morning Express (weekday mornings) | Terminus | ||
| Mukogawa (HS 12) | Express | Hyōgo (HS 16) | ||
| Hanshin (HS 09) Mukogawa (HS 12) (except weekday mornings/evenings) |
Rapid Express | Imazu (HS 16) (weekends/holidays) Hanshin (HS 17) | ||
| Amagasaki (HS 09) | Limited Express Hanshin-Sanyo Through Limited Express (except eastbound on weekday mornings) |
Nishinomiya (HS 17) | ||
| Hanshin (HS 03) | Morning Limited Express for Umeda (weekday mornings) | Imazu (HS 16) | ||
History
- August 1, 1924 - Koshien Station opened as an extra station.
- July 1, 1926 - The Koshien Line opened from this station to Hama-Koshien.
- July 16, 1926 - The station on the Main Line became an all-season station.
- June 25, 1928 - The Koshien Line was extended from this station to Kami-Koshien.
- April 24, 1949 - Baseball specters fell over like a file of dominoes, killing 1 and injuring 11.
- May 6, 1975 - The Koshien Line was abandoned.
- January 17, 1995 - The Great Hanshin earthquake hit the Main Line and there became no operation on the line.
- The train operation resumed on the Main Line from Umeda to Koshien on January 18, from Koshien to Ogi on January 26, and on the whole line on June 26.
Surrounding area
East
- LaLaPort Koshien
- KidZania Koshien
- Ito Yokado
- Koshien Police Station
- Nishinomiya Municipal Naruo Library
- Hanshin Bus southbound stops
- for Koshien Hachibancho
- for Hanshin via Koshien Hachibancho / for Hanshin via Hamakoshien
- for Hamakoshien
- for Mukogawa-danchi
- for Takasu-higashi
- for Naruohama
- airport limousine for Osaka International Airport (operated by Hanshin Bus and Osaka Airport Transport)
West
- Hanshin Koshien Stadium
- Daiei Koshien
- Hanshin Bus northbound stops
- for Koshienguchi
- for Hanshin Nishinomiya via JR West
- for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi (operated by Hanshin Bus and Hankyu Bus)
- for Takarazuka via Koyanosato and Takarazuka City Hospital
- for Amagasaki-Hamada Depot and Kuise-eki-kita via Nishi-Oshima
- to JR Namba (running after night games) (suspended in 2011 and 2012, resumed in 2013)[3]
- Novotel Koshien
References
- ^ 甲子園駅・西改札側にエレベーターを新設（甲子園駅改良工事） (PDF) (in Japanese). Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. October 11, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ 甲子園駅をリニューアルします ～阪神甲子園球場の玄関口が新しく生まれ変わります～ (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. June 8, 2011.
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