Keisan Kagaku Center Station

Keisan Kagaku Center Station (計算科学センター駅, Keisan Kagaku Sentā Eki) is a railway station operated by Kobe New Transit in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is located on Port Island and is served by the Port Island Line. The station name is taken from the nearby Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science. The station is subtitled as Kobe Animal Kingdom, Fugaku Mae (神戸どうぶつ王国・「富岳」前), named after the nearby theme park and the supercomputer located in the institute.^[1]

Keisan Kagaku Center Station 計算科学センター駅
Station exterior
General information
Location	Chūō-ku, Kobe Japan
Coordinates	34°39′17″N 135°13′17″E
Operated by	Kobe New Transit
Line(s)	Port Island Line
Distance	5.4 km from Sannomiya[1]
Platforms	1 island platforms
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	P08
History
Opened	February 2, 2006 (2006-02-02)
Previous names	Port Island Minami (until 2011) K Computer Mae (until 2021)
Passengers
3,911 per day (2017)[2]

The station was originally named Port Island Minami Station (ポートアイランド南駅).^[3] On 1 July 2011, the station was renamed to K Computer Mae Station (京コンピュータ前駅, Kei Konpyūta Mae Eki) with the namesake of K computer, the supercomputer then being developed at the institute.^[4] Following the decommissioning of K computer, the station was renamed to the current name on 19 June 2021.

Ridership

Ridership per day [2]
Year	Ridership
2011	2,200
2012	2,230
2013	2,299
2014	2,845
2015	3,352
2016	3,545
2017	3,911

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Main line (Sannomiya–Kobe Airport)
Iryo Center		-	Kobe Airport

References

1. "路線図・駅情報". Kobe New Transit (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
2. "国土数値情報　駅別乗降客数データ". GIS (in Japanese). MLIT. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
3. "神戸新交通 ポートアイランド線 駅名変更". Tetsudo.com (in Japanese). Asahi Interactive. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
4. "Japan's K Supercompter: The Fastest Computer in the World". Trends in Japan. Web Japan. 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)