Kōbe Station

For other uses, see Kobe Station (disambiguation).

Kobe 神戸
File:Kobe station north side.JPG Panoramic view of the station from the north
Location	3-1-1 Aioichō, Chūō, Kobe, Hyōgo （神戸市中央区相生町三丁目1-1） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Tokaido Main Line Sanyo Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	11 May 1874

Kobe Station (神戸駅, Kōbe-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Although Kobe Station is the namesake of its city and the closest station to Kobe City Hall, the commercial center of Kobe is closer to Sannomiya Station.

Lines

The station technically forms the end point of the Tokaido Main Line and the starting of the Sanyo Main Line. This fact is barely discernible in current practice because only a few trains originate or terminate at Kobe; as a result, the station is more commonly perceived as being in the midsection of the JR Kobe Line, an alternative name for the section of the Tokaido and Sanyo lines between Osaka and Himeji.

Layout

The station has one side platform and two island platforms serving five elevated tracks.

Platforms

1	■ JR Kōbe Line	Rapid service trains for Sannomiya, Amagasaki and Osaka on weekday mornings
2	■ JR Kōbe Line	Special rapid service trains and Limited Express Hamakaze (also some rapid services) for Sannomiya, Amagasaki and Osaka
3	■ JR Kōbe Line	Local trains and rapid service for Sannomiya, Amagasaki, and Osaka
4	■ JR Kōbe Line	Local trains and rapid service for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji
5	■ JR Kōbe Line	Special rapid service (also some rapid services) for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji ■Limited Express Hamakaze for Kinosaki-Onsen, Kasumi, Hamasaka, and Tottori

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokaido/Sanyo Line (JR Kobe Line)
Sannomiya		Special Rapid		Akashi
Motomachi		Rapid		Hyōgo
Motomachi		Local		Hyōgo

History

Kobe Station opened on 11 May 1874. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Surrounding area

File:Kobe harborland08s3200.jpg

In front of the station

The area to the south of the station was previously a freight yard, but was redeveloped and became a waterfront commercial center called Harborland.

While situated relatively close to Kosoku Kobe on the Kobe Rapid Railway and Harborland on the Kaigan Line, there are no transfer passageways between the three stations.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR West - Kobe Station (Japanese)