Amagasaki Station (Hanshin)

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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.

1 Lines
2 Layout
3 Adjacent stations
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Lines

Hanshin Electric Railway
- Main Line
- Nishi-Osaka Line

[edit] Layout

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

[edit] Adjacent stations

«	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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Stations of the Hanshin Main Line

Umeda – Fukushima – Noda – Yodogawa – Himejima – Chibune – Kuise – Daimotsu – Amagasaki – Deyashiki – Amagasaki Center Pool-mae – Mukogawa – Naruo – Kōshien – Kusugawa – Imazu – Nishinomiya – Kōroen – Uchide – Ashiya – Fukae – Ōgi – Uozaki – Sumiyoshi – Mikage – Ishiyagawa – Shinzaike – Ōishi – Nishi-Nada – Iwaya – Kasuganomichi – Sannomiya – Motomachi

v • d • e Stations on the Hanshin Electric Railway Nishi-Osaka Line (-2009)/ Hanshin Namba Line (2009-)

Present (<<Main Line) Amagasaki - Daimotsu - Dekijima - Fuku - Denpō - Chidoribashi - Nishikujō Opening in spring 2009 Nishikujō - Kujō - Dome-mae - Sakuragawa - Osaka Namba (Kintetsu Namba Line, Nara Line>>)