Shin-Kōbe Station

Shin-Kōbe Station

新神戸駅
Shin-Kōbe Station; 新神戸駅
JR West station; Kobe Municipal Subway station
	Station building
General information
Location	1 Kanocho Itchome, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo-ken; Japan
Operated by	JR West; Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau;
Line(s)	San'yō Shinkansen; Hokushin Line; Seishin-Yamate Line;
Platforms	2 side platforms (upper level); 1 island platform and 1 side platform (lower level)
Tracks	5
Other information
Station code	S02 (Kobe Municipal Subway)
History
Opened	15 March 1972 (Shinkansen); 18 June 1985 (Kobe Municipal Subway);
Services
Location
	Shin-Kōbe Station Location within Kobe Shin-Kōbe Station Shin-Kōbe Station (Hyōgo Prefecture) Shin-Kōbe Station Shin-Kōbe Station (Kansai region) Shin-Kōbe Station Shin-Kōbe Station (Japan)

Shin-Kōbe station (新神戸駅, Shin-Kōbe-eki) is a railway station on the San'yō Shinkansen and the Seishin-Yamate Line serving the city of Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area. It is located to the north of Kobe city centre, at the foot of Mount Rokkō. The Shinkansen trains mostly run inside tunnels under the mountains in this area. The station exists in a small space in between two long tunnels (Rokkō and Kobe Tunnels).

This station was newly built for the San'yō Shinkansen and is connected with the city center by the Kobe Municipal Subway.

Lines edit

JR West (San'yō Shinkansen)
Kobe Municipal Subway (Seishin-Yamate Line and Hokushin Line, station number: S02)

Layout edit

San'yō Shinkansen edit

Two side platforms serving two tracks. Both platforms have platform screen doors.

1	San'yō Shinkansen	for Okayama, Hakata, and Kagoshima-chuo
2	San'yō Shinkansen	for Shin-Ōsaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo

Seishin-Yamate Line and Hokushin Line edit

The Kobe Municipal Subway/Hokushin Line platforms

One side platform serving one track and one island platform serving two tracks (one of which is single ended).

1	Hokushin Line	to Tanigami
1	Seishin-Yamate Line	returning for Sannomiya, Myodani, and Seishin-chūō
2	Seishin-Yamate Line	from Tanigami for Sannomiya, Myodani, and Seishin-chūō
3	Seishin-Yamate Line	returning for Sannomiya, Myodani, and Seishin-chūō

History edit

The Shinkansen station opened on 15 March 1972.^[1] The subway station opened on 18 June 1985.^[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[1] The Hokushin Line started operation on 2 April 1988.^[2]

On 17 January 1995, the station was affected by the Great Hanshin earthquake, with all services halted. Operations resumed on the Hokushin Line from 18 January, subway services resumed from 16 February, and Sanyo Shinkansen services resumed from 8 April 1995.

From the start of the revised timetable introduced on 1 October 2003, Shin-Kobe Station became a mandatory stopping point for all high-speed Shinkansen trains.^{[citation needed]}

Surrounding area edit

References edit

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 238. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links edit

JR West station information (in Japanese)

34°42′24″N 135°11′45″E / 34.70667°N 135.19583°E / 34.70667; 135.19583

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 238. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[terada2013-2] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

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