Okamoto Station (岡本駅, Okamoto-eki, station number: HK-11) is a passenger railway station located in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.[1]
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| Location | Okamoto Gochome, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyōgo-ken 658-0072 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°43′44.78″N 135°16′32.63″E / 34.7291056°N 135.2757306°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Hankyu Railway. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hankyu Kobe Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 23.4 km (14.5 miles) from Osaka-umeda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | HK-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 July 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 28,105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editOkamoto Station is served by the Hankyū Kōbe Main Line, and is located 23.4 kilometres (14.5 miles) from the terminus of the line at Osaka-umeda.
Layout
editThe station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected by an underground passage.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Kobe Line | for Kobe-sannomiya, Shinkaichi and the Sanyo Railway Main Line |
| 2 | ■ Kobe Line | for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Ōsaka (Umeda), Kyōto and Takarazuka |
History
editOkamoto Station opened on 16 July 1920.[2]
The level crossing on the station premises were removed in 1967 while the station building was reconstructed in 1979.[3]
The station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete.[2]
Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Okamoto being designated as station number HK-11.[4]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 28,105 passengers daily[5]
Surrounding area
edit- Settsu-Motoyama Station (JR Kōbe Line)
- Konan University (甲南大学)
- Konan Women's University (甲南女子大学)
- Konan Girls' Junior and Senior High School (甲南女子中学校・高等学校)
- Kobe Pharmaceutical University (神戸薬科大学)
- Yamate Road (山手幹線)
- Okamoto Bairin Park (岡本梅林公園)
In the area around Okamoto Station, there are two famous 'Bairin', spots to see plum flowers in early spring. Those are Okamoto Bairin and Hokura Bairin.
Buses
edit- Kobe City Bus
- Route 30 for Hanshin Fukae, Higashinada Senior High School, and Fukae-Hamamachi
- Route 31 for JR Konan-Yamate / for Uzumoridai
- Route 33 for JR Konan-Yamate / for Hanshin Mikage Minamiguchi
- Route 34 for JR Konan-Yamate / for Uozaki-Hamamachi
- Kobe Minato Kanko
- Route 11 directly to Rokko Island
- Route 12 for Hanshin Mikage and Rokko Island / for Shukugawa Green Town (Hankyu Shukugawa Station)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
- ^ a b 曽根, 悟 (October 2010). "週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 大手私鉄" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "「西山天王山」駅開業にあわせて、「三宮」「服部」「中山」「松尾」４駅の駅名を変更し、全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ 養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
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Media related to Okamoto Station (Hyōgo) at Wikimedia Commons
- Okamoto Station website (in Japanese)