Rokkō Station

Rokkō Station (六甲駅, Rokkō-eki, station number: HK-13) is a railway station in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on the Hankyu Railway Kobe Line operated by Hankyu Railway. It is located near Kobe University and Kobe Shoin University. The Hankyu Bus leaves from the station for Mount Rokkō, and city bus services connect with the Rokko Cable Line, Sannomiya and Rokkomichi stations on the JR Kobe Line and Mikage Station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line.

For the station of Kobe Electric Railway, see Shintetsu Rokkō Station.
Rokkō Station

六甲駅
Station building incorporating bus platforms
LocationMiyayamacho Sanchome, Nada, Kobe, Hyōgo
（神戸市灘区宮山町三丁目）
Japan
Operated byHankyu Corporation
Line(s)Kobe Main Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeHK-13
History
Opened1920
Passengers
[1]6,977,000

Layout

Rokko Station is the only station operated by Hankyu Corporation having two side platforms serving a siding track each outside of the passing tracks. When the station was opened in 1920, it had two island platforms serving two tracks each on the ground. The island platforms were removed and the side ones were situated outside of the siding tracks by 1968 for the preparation of the through operation with the Sanyo Railway Main Line and the eight-car operation on the Kobe Line.

The through operation by Sanyo Railway was continued until February 1998 with starting and terminating this station and the trains returned at the siding track in the west of adjacent Mikage Station as deadhead trains.

1 ■ Kobe Line for Kobe-sannomiya, Shinkaichi and Sanyo Electric Railway
4 ■ Kobe Line for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Osaka (Umeda), Kyoto and Takarazuka

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Hankyu Kobe Line (HK-13)
Mikage (HK-12)   Local   Ōji-kōen (HK-14)
Mikage (HK-12)   Express
Commutation Express		   Ōji-kōen (HK-14)
Okamoto (HK-11)   Rapid Express   Kobe-Sannomiya (HK-16)
Okamoto (HK-11)   Limited Express "Atago" (Kosoku-Kobe - Arashiyama)
(operated during crowded season)		   Kobe-Sannomiya (HK-16)
Morning Commutation Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station

References
  1. Kobe city statistics Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine April 2008–March 2009. Number of boarding passengers.

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