Kōsoku Kōbe Station

Kōsoku Kōbe Station (高速神戸駅, Kōsoku Kōbe-eki, station number: HS 35) is a train station on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line and the Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Kōsoku Kōbe 高速神戸
Trains at Kōsoku Kōbe Station
General information
Location	Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	34°40′45.7″N 135°10′27.98″E
Owned by	Kobe Rapid Transit Railway
Managed by	Hanshin Railway, Hankyu Railway
Line(s)	Kobe Kosoku Line
Platforms	Island platforms
Connections	West Japan Railway Company JR Kobe Line (Kobe Station) Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (Harborland Station)
History
Opened	7 April 1968 (1968-04-07)
Services Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 35) Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34)   Hanshin Local   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34)   Sanyo Local   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34)   Rapid Express (3 eastbound trains only, on weekends and holidays)   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34)   Hanshin Limited Express   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34)   Through Limited Express (yellow marking)   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Motomachi (HS 33)   S Limited Express   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Motomachi (HS 33)   Through Limited Express (red marking)   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Hankyū Railway Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 35) Hanakuma (HK-17)   Hankyu Local   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Hanakuma (HK-17)   Sanyo Local   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Hanakuma (HK-17)   Express (only running for Shinkaichi)   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Hanakuma (HK-17)   Rapid Express   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Hanakuma (HK-17)   Limited Express Morning Commutation Limited Express   Shinkaichi (HS 36) Hanakuma (HK-17)   Limited Express "Atago" (operated during crowded season)   Terminus

East entrance

Lines

• Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line
• Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line

Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. owns the tracks and facilities of those railway lines as "the Tozai Line" of the Category-3 operator, and Hanshin and Hankyu operates trains running on the line as Category-2 operators.

The station is also connected to the following stations via the Duo Kobe underground shopping mall.

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Tokaido Line, Sanyo Line (JR Kobe Line) – Kobe Station
• Kobe Municipal Subway
  • Kaigan Line – Harborland Station

Layout

The station has two island platforms with four tracks underground.

1	■ Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line	for Kobe-sannomiya, Nishinomiya-kitaguchi and Osaka-umeda Change to the Imazu Line at Nishinomiya-kitaguchi for Takarazuka and to the Kyoto Line at Juso for Kyoto-kawaramachi
2	■ ■ Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line	for Sannomiya, Koshien, Amagasaki and Osaka-Umeda Change to the Hanshin Namba Line at Amagasaki for Osaka Namba and Nara
3	■ ■ Kobe Kosoku Line	from the Hankyu Railway Kobe Line for Shinkaichi from the Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line for Suma, Akashi and Himeji starting Kosoku Kobe for Suma, Akashi and Himeji Change to the Shintetsu Line at Shinkaichi for Arima, Sanda and Ao
4	■ ■ Kobe Kosoku Line	from the Hanshin Railway Main Line for Shinkaichi, Suma, Akashi and Himeji Change to the Shintetsu Line at Shinkaichi for Arima, Sanda and Ao

History

The station opened on 7 April 1968.^[1]

Damage to the station was caused by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced on 1 April 2014.^[3]

References

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 Shimbun. 2012. p. 206. ISBN 9784343006745.
2. "阪神大震災 被災と復旧の記録(５)神戸高速鉄道" [Record of Great Hanshin Earthquake Damage and Restoration (5) Kobe Rapid Transit]. 鉄道ファン (in Japanese). 36: 71–75. December 1996.
3. "阪神「三宮」を「神戸三宮」に駅名変更のうえ、駅ナンバリングを導入し、全てのお客さまに分かりやすい駅を目指します" [After changing the station name from Hanshin "Sannomiya" to "Kobe Sannomiya" Introduced station numbering, Aiming for a station that is easy for all customers to understand] (PDF). hanshin.co.jp (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2022.