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Yamamoto Station (Hyōgo)

Yamamoto Station (山本駅, Yamamoto-eki, station number: HK-52) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takarazuka Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.[1]

Lines

Yamamoto Station is served by the Hankyu Takarazuka Line, and is located 19.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Osaka-umeda.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms, connected by an underground passage, with the ticket gate also located underground, because the station is located at the foot of a mountain. In the square on the north side of the station, there is an underground bicycle parking lot and a bus and taxi stand.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Yamamoto station opened on March 10, 1910, the day the Takarazuka Line started operation. Hirai Station opened October 23 the same year. On September 1, 1944, two stations were merged to a new station facility under the station name Yamamoto.

The name Hirai was however retained as a secondary name in response to the local community's request and the running in boards of the station also reads Hirai (平井) in parentheses and in small letters next to the official name Yamamoto.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,285 passengers daily[3]

Surrounding area

See also

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. ^ Hankyu Corporation (April 2001). 阪急ステーション [Hankyu Stations] (in Japanese). Osaka: Hankyu Corporation. pp. 37, 38. ISBN 4-89485-051-6.
  3. ^ 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links

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