Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station (西宮北口駅) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway. It is one of the main stations in Nishinomiya City, with Hanshin Nishinomiya Station and JR Nishinomiya Station.

Lines

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station is served by the Hankyu Imazu Line, and is located 7.7 km from the terminus of the line at Takarazuka and is also served by the Hankyu Kobe Line, for which it is 15.6 km from the terminus of that line at Osaka-umeda. The platforms of Hankyu Imazu Line to Takarazuka Station, northbound, and Imazu Station, southbound are separated, and so there are no through trains from Takarazuka to Imazu.

Layout

History

Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station opened on 16 July 1920 when the Kobe Main Line opened. The Imazu Line opened the next year. Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete. Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi being designated as station number HK-08.

Past layout

There were four 90-degree diamond crossings served by the Kobe Line and the Imazu Line until they were removed in 1984 to build the new station building. The crossings were located in the south of the platforms for the Imazu Line, between the westbound platforms and the eastbound platforms for the Kobe Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 57,674 passengers daily

Buses

Surrounding area