Awaji Station

Awaji Station (淡路駅, Awaji-eki) is a railway station in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by the private operator Hankyu Railway.

Awaji Station 淡路駅
Temporary east exit in November 2019
General information
Location	Higashiawaji Yonchome, Higashiyodogawa, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市東淀川区東淡路四丁目） Japan
Operated by	Hankyu Railway
Line(s)	Kyoto Main Line Senri Line
Connections
Other information
Station code	HK-63
History
Opened	April 1, 1921 (1921-04-01)
Services
Preceding station Hankyu Railway Following station Sōzenji towards Osaka-umeda Kyoto Main Line Local Kami-Shinjō towards Kyoto-kawaramachi Minamikata towards Osaka-umeda Kyoto Main Line Semi-Express Express Jūsō towards Osaka-umeda Kyoto Main Line Semi-Limited Express Limited Express Ibaraki-shi towards Kyoto-kawaramachi Kyoto Main Line Kyo-Train Garaku Sagano Atago Togetsu Katsura towards Kyoto-kawaramachi through to Senri Line Kyoto Main Line Hozu Kunijima towards Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Senri Line Local Shimo-Shinjō towards Kita-Senri Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Terminus Senri Line Semi-Express Hozu through to Kyoto Line

Lines

Awaji Station is an intersection of the following two Hankyu Railway lines:

• Hankyu Senri Line
• Hankyu Kyoto Line

In March 2019, the nearby JR-Awaji Station of the Osaka Higashi Line owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) has been inaugurated.^[1]

Station layout

This station has two island platforms with four tracks at ground level.

Track layout of Awaji Station

	Kita-Senri ↑
Osaka-umeda ←		→ Kawaramachi, Arashiyama
	↓ Tenjimbashisuji rokuchōme, Tengachaya

Platforms

2, 3	■ Hankyu Kyoto Main Line	for Kyoto (Kawaramachi, Arashiyama) and Takatsuki-shi
	■ Hankyu Senri Line	for Kita-Senri
4, 5	■ Hankyu Kyoto Main Line	for Osaka-umeda, Kobe and Takarazuka
	■ Hankyu Senri Line	for Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchome and Tengachaya

History

Awaji Station opened on 1 April 1921.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-63.^[3]

Future plans

As of 2025^[update], work is being done to elevate a 7.1 km (4.4 mi) X-shaped section of track from Sōzenji Station to Kami-Shinjō Station on the Kyoto Line and from Kunijima Station to Shimo-Shinjō Station on the Senri Line (including Awaji station from which the aforementioned stations are adjacent stations).^[4] Construction began in 2008 and was expected to be completed in 2017 with full operation on the elevated tracks beginning in 2020. However in 2015 it was determined that the original completion date can not be achieved, and the finish date was pushed back to 2024 with operations beginning that year.^[5] Later, the completion date was pushed back to 2027. In 2022, Osaka City estimated that the project would not be completed until 2031 owing to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as delays in land acquisition.^[6] As a result of the delays, the cost of the project has increased by as much as ¥69 billion (2021) (US$629 million).^[6]

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  Elevated guideway of the Senri line under construction in 2012
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  Construction of the elevated station structure in 2019
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  View of construction in the background as a northbound train enters the station