Amagasaki Station (Hanshin)

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Amagasaki Station
Amagasaki Station

Amagasaki Station (尼崎駅 Amagasaki-eki?) is a train station on the Hanshin Electric Railway in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The station is undergoing renovations to accommodate the Nishi-Osaka Line extension to Kintetsu Namba Station and through train service with Kintetsu. When the renovation is complete, Amagasaki will become the junction point between Umeda-bound and Namba-bound trains.

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The station currently consists of five active tracks and three island platforms, with Track 2 sharing platforms with both Track 1 and Track 3.

During current upgrade
1, 2 Main Line eastbound for Osaka (Umeda)
3 Nishi-Osaka Line for Nishikujo
4 closed
5, 6 Main Line westbound for Koshien, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Kobe, Akashi and Himeji

When the station upgrade is complete, a new island platform would be added on the eastbound side, and the current Tracks 1 and 2 would become the new Tracks 2 and 3, respectively. Tracks 2 Track 5 will share connecting platforms with tracks on both sides.

After completion (spring 2009)
1, 2 Main Line eastbound for Osaka (Umeda)
3 Hanshin Namba Line eastbound for Nishikujo, Osaka Namba and Kintetsu Nara
4 Hanshin Namba Line westbound for Koshien, Nishinomiya, Ashiya and Kobe
5, 6 Main Line westbound for Koshien, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Kobe, Akashi and Himeji

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« Service »
Hanshin Electric Railway
Main Line
Umeda   Hanshin-Sanyo Through Limited Express (直通特急)   Koshien or Nishinomiya
Umeda   Limited Express (特急)   Koshien or Nishinomiya
Morning Limited Express for Umeda (区間特急): no stop
Noda   Rapid Express (快速急行)   Koshien
Noda   Express (急行)   Mukogawa
Noda   Morning Express for Umeda (区間急行)   Mukogawa
Kuise   Semi-Express (準急)   Deyashiki
Daimotsu   Local (普通)   Deyashiki
Nishi-Osaka Line
(scheduled to be renamed "the Hanshin Namba Line" in spring, 2009)
Terminus - Daimotsu

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Coordinates: 34°43′07″N 135°25′02″E / 34.718657, 135.417311

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