Nigawa Station (仁川駅, Nigawa-eki, station number: HK-25) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takarazuka Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.[1] It is located near JRA Hanshin Racecourse and Kwansei Gakuin University. It is also an entrance station to Mount Kabutoyama, the east end of the Rokkō Mountains.
Nigawa Station 仁川駅 | |||||||
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 Nigawa Station East Gate | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | 3-chōme-3 Nigawakita, Takarazuka-shi, Hyōgo-ken 665-0061 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 34°46′30.86″N 135°21′25.13″E / 34.7752389°N 135.3569806°E | ||||||
| Operated by |  Hankyu Railway. | ||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hankyu Imazu Line | ||||||
| Distance | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) from Takarazuka | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||
| Station code | HK-25 | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | December 28, 1923 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| FY2019 | 24,998 daily | ||||||
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Lines
editNigawa Station is served by the Hankyu Imazu Line, and is located 4.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Takarazuka and 18.8 kilometers from Osaka-umeda.
Layout
editThe station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms, with an addition side platform on the inbound line in the direction of Nishinomiya Kitaguchi. Each platform is connected by underground passages in two places, north and south, connecting to two ticket gates, east and west. The main entrance is the east ticket gate, which has a window, an automatic ticket vending machine, a shop, and a toilet. Since it is also the exit for the racecourse, there are many automatic ticket gates, The additional side platform has its own temporary ticket gate,
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Imazu Line | for Takarazuka |
| 2 | ■ Imazu Line | for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Hankyu Imazu Line | ||||
| Obayashi | Local | Kōtōen | ||
| Obayashi | Semi-Express (only running for Umeda) | Kōtōen | ||
| Obayashi | Arashiyama Limited Express (Extra) | Kōtōen | ||
| Terminus | Express (only running for Umeda on the days of horse racing) |
Tsukaguchi (Kōbe Line) | ||
History
editNigawa Station opened on December 28, 1923. The name 'Nigawa' is originally the name of the river on the border of Takarazuka city and Nishinomiya city, and today Nigawa is used as the name of a town along the river of both cities. During the times of World War II (12/15/1943 - 9/21/1945), there was a station between Nigawa and Obayashi named Kashio (鹿塩). The station was in front of the factory of Kawanishi Aircraft Company, a predecessor of ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. The factory was closed after GHQ ordered the company to stop manufacturing aircraft. In 1949, JRA Hanshin Racecourse was built on the vacant lot. In 2002, the station installed barrier-free facilities for the elderly and the disabled.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 24,998 passengers daily[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Hanshin Racecourse
- Kwansei Gakuin University
- Kwansei Gakuin Junior High School
- Kwansei Galuin Senior High School
- Nigawa Gakuin
- ShinMaywa
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.
- ^ 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 Nigawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Nigawa Station (Hankyu Railway) (in Japanese)
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