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Motomachi Station (Hyogo)

Motomachi Station
元町駅
Kobe motomachi st01s3200.jpg
Facade of the station
Location 1-100, Motomachi Kōka-Dōri (JR)
10-2, Motomachi-Dōri 2-chōme (Hanshin)
Chūō, Kobe, Hyōgo
(神戸市中央区元町高架通1-100 (JR)
神戸市中央区元町通二丁目10-2 (阪神))

Japan
Coordinates 34°41′22″N 135°11′15″E / 34.6895628°N 135.1873899°E / 34.6895628; 135.1873899Coordinates: 34°41′22″N 135°11′15″E / 34.6895628°N 135.1873899°E / 34.6895628; 135.1873899
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station code HS 33 (Hanshin)
History
Opened 1905
Traffic
Passengers (2008 (JR
2005 (Hanshin))
48,787 (JR)
15,242 (Hanshin) daily
Kobe Rapid Transit Railway
Kobe Sannomiya
Motomachi
Hanakuma
Nishi-Motomachi
Kōsoku Kōbe
Shinkaichi
Minatogawa
Daikai
Kōsoku Nagata
Nishidai

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.

The JR and Hanshin 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.

Sannomiya

Kobe

There are 2 elevated island platforms serving 2 tracks each.

Sannomiya

Nishi-Motomachi

There is an underground island platform serving 2 tracks.


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