Mukogawa Station (武庫川駅) is a passenger railway station located on the border between the cities of Amagasaki and Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Thus, the respective east and west entrances to the station are in different cities. It is operated by the private transportation company Hanshin Electric Railway.

Lines

Mukogawa Station is served by the Hanshin Main Line, and is located 12.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Umeda. It is also the terminus of the 1.7 kilometer Hanshin Mukogawa Line.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated side platforms serving two tracks on a bridge over Mukogawa River for the Hanshin Main Line. The unnumbered dead-headed Mukogawa Line island platform is on the Nishinomiya (west) side of the bridge, perpendicular to the Main Line. One side of the platform is not in use.

Platforms

History

Mukogawa Station opened on April 12, 1905 along with the rest of the Hanshin Main Line. On 1 April 2014, station numbering with Naruo being designated as station number HS-12.

Gallery

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 29,867 passengers daily

Surrounding area