Motomachi Station (Hyōgo)
Motomachi Station (元町駅, Motomachi-eki) is a railway station in Motomachi, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
It is one of the main stations serving the central business district of Kobe. The station is the closest access point to the Motomachi shopping district and to Nanking Town, one of Japan's three largest Chinatown districts.
Lines
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- JR West JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line)
- Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line
- Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Tōzai Line
The JR and Hanshin/Kobe Rapid platforms are separated and no interchange is possible without completely leaving one building and entering another; therefore there are technically two separate Motomachi stations, although they are often treated as one.
The JR station is served by local and rapid trains.
The Hanshin station is the western terminus of the Main Line, although service continues west on the Kobe Rapid Railway.
Layout
JR West
There are two elevated island platforms with four tracks.
| 1 | ■ JR Kobe Line | rapid service for Hyogo, Akashi and Himeji in the morning and in the evening on weekdays |
| 2 | ■ JR Kobe Line | local trains and rapid service for Hyogo, Akashi and Himeji |
| 3 | ■ JR Kobe Line | local trains and rapid service for JR West, Osaka and Kyoto |
| 4 | ■ JR Kobe Line | rapid service for JR West, Osaka and Kyoto in the morning |
Hanshin, Kobe Rapid
There is an underground island platform with two tracks.
| 1 | ■ ■Hanshin Railway Main Line | for Sannomiya, Koshien, Hanshin, Umeda, Osaka Namba, and Kintetsu Nara |
| 2 | ■ ■Kobe Rapid Tozai Line | for Kosoku Kobe, Sanyo Suma, Sanyo Akashi, and Sanyo Himeji |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Tōkaidō Line (JR Kōbe Line) | ||||
| JR West | Local | Kōbe | ||
| Sannomiya | Rapid Service | Kōbe | ||
| Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Tōzai Line | ||||
| Sannomiya (Hanshin) | Hanshin Local | Nishi-Motomachi (Kobe Rapid Transit Railway) | ||
| Sannomiya (Hanshin) | Sanyo Local | Nishi-Motomachi (Kobe Rapid Transit Railway) | ||
| Sannomiya (Hanshin) | Hanshin Limited Express | Nishi-Motomachi (Kobe Rapid Transit Railway) | ||
| Sannomiya (Hanshin) | Through Limited Express (yellow marking) | Nishi-Motomachi (Kobe Rapid Transit Railway) | ||
| Sannomiya (Hanshin) | Sanyo S Limited Express | Kōsoku Kōbe (Kobe Rapid Transit Railway) | ||
| Sannomiya (Hanshin) | Through Limited Express (red marking) | Kosoku Kobe (Kobe Rapid Transit Railway) | ||
34°41′22″N 135°11′15″E / 34.6895628°N 135.1873899°E
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