Nishinomiya Station (JR West)
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Nishinomiya Station
西宮駅 |
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North entrance
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| Location | 9-3, Ikedacho, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo （兵庫県西宮市池田町9-3） Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°44′19.55″N 135°20′52.32″E / 34.7387639°N 135.3478667°ECoordinates: 34°44′19.55″N 135°20′52.32″E / 34.7387639°N 135.3478667°E |
| Operated by | JR West |
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| Opened | 1874 |
Nishinomiya Station (西宮駅 Nishinomiya-eki?) is a railway station located in Ikeda-chō (池田町), Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The station is on the JR Kobe Line which runs between Osaka Station and Himeji Station; part of the main Tōkaidō Line. As a part of the JR West Urban Network, the following cards are accepted: J-Thru Card, ICOCA, Suica, Pasmo, and PiTaPa.
From 1874, when passenger service began at Nishinomiya Station, the station's name was written "西ノ宮", and included the katakana character "ノ" (no), not part of the city's name (西宮), to indicate the correct pronunciation of the station name. The city had requested that the "ノ" be removed from the station's title to match the city's name. On March 18, 2007, in coordination with the opening of Sakura Shukugawa Station, the "ノ" was removed from the station name.
The section of the JR Kobe Line on which Nishinomiya is located runs on four tracks, meaning that there are two tracks for each direction. Similar to other nearby stations such as Sannomiya Station, Nishinomiya Station is of the island type, with two above-ground platforms which service four tracks. The inner tracks, Nos. 2 and 3, are for Local and Rapid Service trains, which do stop at this station. On the outside tracks, Nos. 1 and 4, Special Rapid Service and Limited Express trains pass and do not stop.
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