Iwaya Station (Hyōgo)

Iwaya Station (岩屋駅, Iwaya-eki) is a railway station of Hanshin Main Line, in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Nishi-Nada Station and Kasuganomichi Station.

Iwaya Station 岩屋駅
Iwaya Station
General information
Location	2, Iwayakita-machi 4-chōme, Nada, Kobe, Hyōgo （神戸市灘区岩屋北町） Japan
Coordinates	34°42′15″N 135°13′04″E
Operated by	Hanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)	Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	HS 30
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
2007	9,804 daily
Services
Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line (HS 30) Nishi-Nada (HS 29)   Local   Kasuganomichi (HS 31) Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station Limited Express Through Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Location

Overview

Layout

• There are a side platform and an island platform serving a track each in a trench.

1	■ Main Line	for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda), Namba, and Nara
2	■ Main Line	for Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Akashi, and Himeji

Surroundings

The station is located near Nada Station of JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) and is an entrance to Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo International Center of JICA, WHO Centre for Health Development and Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution.

History

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

The tracks to the west of the station were moved underground in 1934.^[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 Iwaya being designated as station number HS-30.^[2]

Gallery

• 
  Station entrance
• 
  View of the platforms in January 2013