Ōishi Station

Ōishi Station (大石駅, Ōishi-eki) is a railway station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Ōishi Station 大石駅
Ōishi Station in November 2019
General information
Location	Funadera-Dōri 1-chōme, Nada, Kobe, Hyōgo （神戸市灘区船寺通一丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°42′27.98″N 135°13′51.57″E
Operated by	Hanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)	Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	HS 28
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
2005	8,934 daily
Services
Hanshin Main Line (HS 28) Shinzaike (HS 27)   Local   Nishi-Nada (HS 29) Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station Limited Express Through Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Location

Overview

Layout

This station is elevated and has two island platforms serving two tracks each, and crossovers are located on both sides of the platforms enabling to depart from any track for Osaka and Kobe Sannomiya.

1	■ Main Line	Used for dead-head trains and returning trains using Sanyo Railway EMUs
2	■ Main Line	for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda, Namba), and Nara
3	■ Main Line	for Kobe Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Akashi, and Himeji
4	■ Main Line	Used for dead-head trains

History

Nishinada Station opened on the Hanshin Main Line on 12 April 1905.^[1]

Service was suspended owing to the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Hanshin Main Line took 7 months to complete.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Kasuganomichi being designated as station number HS-28.^[2]

Gallery

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  Station entrance in 2019
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  Station platforms in 2015
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  Station nameplate