Kasuganomichi Station (Hanshin)
Kasuganomichi Station (春日野道駅, Kasuganomichi-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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.
The station was moved underground in 1934.
Once dubbed "Japan's scariest station", the layout built in 1934 was a single platform serving two tracks. 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.
Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Kasuganomichi being designated as station number HS-31.
Gallery
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East station entrance -
West exit faregates -
Westbound platforms for Kobe-Sannomiya, Shinkaichi, and Himeji -
The old platforms as seen in 2009
References
- ^ 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). Japan: Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center. 2012. ISBN 9784343006745.
- ^ "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 26 February 2022.