Mikage Station (Hanshin)

Mikage Station (御影駅, Mikage-eki) is an elevated railway station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, with trains traveling east to Hanshin's terminal in Umeda (Osaka), and west to central Kobe (Motomachi and Sannomiya). At Motomachi, number of limited express trains carry on along the Sanyo Railway to Himeji city.

Mikage Station

御影駅
LocationMikage Hommachi 1-chome, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo
(神戸市東灘区御影本町一丁目)
Japan
Coordinates34°42′53″N 135°15′20″E
Operated byHanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)Main Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened1905

Layout

The station has four tracks with two island platforms elevated with an elevator each.

1  Main Line limited express trains for Amagasaki and Osaka (Umeda)
Change trains at Amagasaki for Namba and Nara
2  Main Line local trains for Amagasaki and Osaka (Umeda)
Change trains at Amagasaki for Namba and Nara
3  Main Line limited express trains for Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Shinkaichi, Suma, Akashi, and Himeji
4  Main Line local trains for Sannomiya and Kosoku Kobe

Surroundings

Buses from Mikage

Kobe City Bus

  • Departing from the north side
  • Departing from the south side
    • Route 33 for Higashinada Ward Office, Okamoto and JR Konan-Yamate
    • Route 35 for Higashinada Ward Office and Uozaki
    • Route 39 for JR Sumiyoshi, Hankyu Mikage, Konan Hospital, Kamokogahara and Sumiyoshi Primary School attached to Kobe University

Kobe Ferry Bus

  • West side of Mikage Station, in front of Lawson Store 100
    • For Rokko Island Ferry Terminal and Rokko Passenger Ship Terminal

Kobe Minato Kanko

  • West side of Mikage Station (northbound), in front of Morozoff Limited Kansai Branch
    • For Hankyu Mikage, Okamoto and Shukugawa Green Town (Hankyu Shukugawa)
  • West side of Mikage Station (southbound), north of Edition appliance store Mikage

Passenger numbers

In 2005, its average usage was 20,667 passengers per day.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line
Sumiyoshi   Local   Ishiyagawa
Uozaki   Express (1 terminating train only on weekdays)   Terminus
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Uozaki   Morning Limited Express (Osaka-Umeda bound trains only on weekdays)   Terminus
Uozaki   Limited Express   Kobe-Sannomiya
Uozaki   Direct Limited Express   Kobe-Sannomiya
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