Daikai Station

Daikai Station (大開駅, Daikai-eki, station number: HS 37) is a train station on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was the first underground structure not crossing an active fault that has completely collapsed during an earthquake without liquefaction of the surrounding soil and was well-documented.

Daikai

大開
Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line Daikai Station platforms
Owned byKobe Rapid Transit Railway
Operated byHanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)Kobe Kosoku Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeHS37
History
OpenedApril 7, 1968
RebuiltJanuary 18, 1995 – January 17, 1996

History

In the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, this station collapsed.

Layout

The Daikai Station consists of three main sections: the main section of the station, the subway tunnels section and the station access section.[1] The location of the station is made up of 2 meter thick man made fill, around 5 meter thick Holocene alluvial deposits, and several kilometers of Pleistocene deposits.[1]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 37)
Shinkaichi (HS 36)   Sanyo Local   Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38)
Shinkaichi (HS 36)   Hanshin Local   Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38)
Shinkaichi (HS 36)   Hanshin Limited Express   Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38)
Shinkaichi (HS 36)   S Limited Express   Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38)
Shinkaichi (HS 36)   Through Limited Express (yellow marking)   Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38)
Through Limited Express (red marking): Does not stop at this station

References


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