Ōgi Station (Hyōgo)

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.

Ōgi Station 青木駅
General information
Location	Kita-Ōgi 3-chome, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo （神戸市東灘区北青木三丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°43′01″N 135°16′50″E
Operated by	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Main Line
Tracks	4
Connections	Buses
Other information
Station code	HS 22
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
2019	15,352 (daily)[1]
Services Hanshin Main Line (HS 22) Fukae (HS 21)   Local   Uozaki (HS 23) Ashiya (HS 20)   Morning Express (Osaka-Umeda-bound trains only)   Terminus Express (1 Mikege-bound train only): Does not stop at this station Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station Fukae (HS 21)   Morning Limited Express (Osaka-Umeda-bound trains only)   Uozaki (HS 23) Limited Express: Does not stop at this station Direct Limited Express: Does not stop at this station

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.

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

References

1. "2020 Handbook Hanshin" (PDF). Hanshin Railway Online (in Japanese). 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
2. Written at Kobe, Japan. 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun General Publishing Center: 神戸新聞総合出版センター. 2012-12-10. p. 37. ISBN 9784343006745.
3. 不死鳥レールウェイ (in Japanese). 神戸新聞総合出版センター. 2010-01-17. p. 126. ISBN 978-4-343-00537-3.
4. "阪神「三宮」を「神戸三宮」に駅名変更のうえ、駅ナンバリングを導入し、全てのお客さまに分かりやすい駅を目指します" [After changing the station name from Hanshin "Sannomiya" to "Kobe Sannomiya", Introduced station numbering, Aiming for a station that is easy for all customers to understand] (PDF). Hanshin News Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
5. "神戸市：阪神本線住吉・芦屋間連続立体交差事業 魚崎駅～芦屋駅間 上り線高架切替え" (in Japanese). 神戸市都市局市街地整備部都市整備課. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
6. "阪神本線住吉・芦屋間連続立体交差事業 11月30日始発から魚崎駅～芦屋駅間上り線を高架に切替え ～これにより、神戸市内の11か所の踏切がなくなります～" (PDF) (in Japanese). 阪神電気鉄道（経営企画室・広報担当）. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-01.

External links

• Station website (in Japanese)