Kasuganomichi Station (Hanshin)

Kasuganomichi Station (春日野道駅, Kasuganomichi-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Kasuganomichi Station 春日野道駅
Kasuganomichi Station
General information
Location	Azuma-dōri 1-chōme, Chūō, Kobe, Hyōgo （神戸市中央区吾妻通一丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°42′11″N 135°12′19″E
Operated by	Hanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)	Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	HS 31
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
2006	10,917 daily
Services
Hanshin Main Line (HS 31) Iwaya (HS 30)   Local   Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32) Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station Limited Express Through Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Location

Overview

Kasuganomichi is an underground station. It is served by two side platforms serving two tracks.

Layout

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

History

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

The station was moved underground in 1934.^[1]

Once dubbed "Japan's scariest station", the layout built in 1934 was a single platform serving two tracks.^[1] The single island platform was only 2.6 m (8.5 ft) wide, which was narrower than the average train body (2.8 m (9.2 ft)). Construction work on new side platforms concluded in September 2004.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Kasuganomichi being designated as station number HS-31.^[2]

Gallery

• 
  East station entrance
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  West exit faregates
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  Westbound platforms for Kobe-Sannomiya, Shinkaichi, and Himeji
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  The old platforms as seen in 2009