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Ōgi Station (Hyōgo)
Railway station in Kobe, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ōgi Station (青木駅, Ōgi-eki) is an elevated station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line in Japan, with trains travelling east to Hanshin's terminal in Umeda (Osaka), and west to central Kobe (Motomachi and Sannomiya). At Motomachi, number of limited express trains carry on along the Sanyo Railway to Himeji city. This section of the track will be elevated, in keeping with the majority of the line.
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Layout
The station has four tracks with two island platforms.
| 1 | ■ ■Main Line | for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda), Namba, and Nara |
| 2 | ■ ■Main Line | for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda), Namba, and Nara |
| 3 | ■ Main Line | for Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Akashi, and Himeji |
| 4 | ■ Main Line | used for dead-head trains |
On the days of the events at Hanshin Koshien Stadium, trains stand by at Line 1 and go to Koshien Station to be extra trains for Umeda.
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Surroundings
- Sunshine Wharf Kobe (サンシャインワーフ神戸)
History
Ōgi Station opened on April 12, 1905 along with the rest of the Hanshin Main Line.[2]
On January 17, 1995, the station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake. Service in the affected area was restored by June 26, 1995.[3]
Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Ōgi being designated as station number HS-22.[4]
Between April 2009 and November 2019, the line between Sumiyoshi Station and Ashiya Station underwent grade separation.[5][6] The elevated westbound tracks opened for service in December 2015 while the eastbound tracks opened for service on November 30, 2019.
Gallery
Elevated platforms as seen in 2022
Station concourse at the conclusion of grade separation work
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