Mikage Station (Hankyu)

Mikage Station 御影駅
Mikage Station
General information
Location	2-chōme-1 Mikage, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyōgo-ken Hyogo 658-0047 Japan
Operated by	Hankyu Railway.
Line(s)	■ Hankyu Kobe Line
Distance	25.6 km (15.9 miles) from Osaka-umeda
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	HK-12
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 July 1920 (1920-07-16)
Passengers
FY2019	10,350
Services
Hankyu Railway Kōbe Main Line (HK-12) Okamoto (HK-11)   Local   Rokko (HK-13) Okamoto (HK-11)   Commutation Express   Rokko (HK-13) Okamoto (HK-11)   Express   Rokko (HK-13) Semi limited Express: Does not stop at this station Limited Express: Does not stop at this station Morning Commutation Limited Express: Does not stop at this station Extra Limited Express (Kosoku Kobe - Arashiyama): Does not stop at this station
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Mikage Station (御影駅, Mikage-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.[1]

Lines

Mikage Station is served by the Hankyū Kōbe Main Line, and is located 25.6 kilometres (15.9 miles) from the terminus of the line at Osaka-umeda.

Layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks. The south ticket gate is underground and connected with each platform by each stairs and each elevator. The north gate is accessible and is directly connected to the east-bound platform.[2] West of the station is a short siding between the two tracks for train up to six cars. From April 7, 1968 to February 14, 1998, trains of Sanyo Electric Railway operated on the Hankyu line between Sannomiya and Rokkō used this siding to change the direction. Presently it is regularly used by out-of-service trains (forwarding of additional cars for peak hours).[3]

Platforms

1	■ Kobe Line	for Kobe-sannomiya, Shinkaichi and the Sanyo Railway Main Line
2	■ Kobe Line	for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Ōsaka (Umeda), Kyōto and Takarazuka

History

Mikage Station opened on 16 July 1920, simultaneously with the opening of the Kobe Main Line.[4]

The pocket track west of the station was completed in 1968.[5]

The station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete.[6]

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Mikage being designated as station number HK-12.[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,350 passengers daily[8]

Surrounding area

North of the station features a beautiful lake (Fukadaike Park) a book shop and a bakery. There were and are magnificent mansions such as former Kodera house,[9] the one built by the founding family of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company[10] and so on.

• Fukadaike Park（深田池公園）
• Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum（白鶴美術館）
• KOSETSU Museum of Art（香雪美術館）
• Yuzuruha Shrine (5 minutes walk south, 弓弦羽神社)

Bus transport

In front of the station is a bus that goes to Rokko Island (220 Yen)

Route 19 of Kobe City Bus for Mikage Station (Hanshin) is available from here. (Adults: 210 Yen, Children: 110 Yen)[11]34°43′29″N 135°15′09″E

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
2. Mikage Station illustration by Hankyu (in Japanese) retrieved September 27, 2011.
3. Yukawa, Tetsuji. 阪急電鉄 列車運転の興味 [Hankyu Railway: Interesting points of train operation]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). 837 (August 2010 Extra). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai: 211.
4. Hankyu Corporation (April 2001). Hankyū Sutēshon (in Japanese). Osaka: Hankyu Corporation. p. 93. ISBN 4-89485-051-6.
5. 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center. 2012. ISBN 9784343006745.
6. 曽根, 悟 (October 2010). "週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 大手私鉄" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.
7. "「西山天王山」駅開業にあわせて、「三宮」「服部」「中山」「松尾」４駅の駅名を変更し、全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
8. 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
9. Kodera House demolished in 2011
10. Looking in at the legendary facility of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
11. Kobe City Transportation Bureau

External links

Media related to Mikage Station (Hankyu) at Wikimedia Commons

• Mikage Station website (in Japanese)