Naruo - Mukogawajoshidai-Mae Station

Naruo - Mukogawajoshidai-Mae Station (鳴尾・武庫川女子大前駅, Naruo - Mukogawajoshidai-Mae Eki) is a Japanese railway station of Hanshin Electric Railway in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its station code is HS-13.

Naruo・Mukogawajoshidai-Mae Station

鳴尾・武庫川女子大前駅
Naruo･Mukogawajoshidai-Mae Station
General information
LocationSatonaka-cho 3-chome, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
（兵庫県西宮市里中町三丁目）
Japan
Coordinates34°43′11″N 135°22′13″E
Operated byHanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  • Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeHS 13
History
Opened1905
Passengers
201912,510 (daily) (boarding passengers only)[1]
Services
Hanshin Main Line (HS 13)
Mukogawa (HS 12)   Local   Kōshien (HS 14)
Mukogawa (HS 12)   Morning Express   Kōshien (HS 14)
Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Morning Limited Express for Umeda: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express
Through Limited Express: Does not stop at this station

In the official indication, the punctuation after Naruo (鳴尾) is a centered dot.

Lines

Layout

This station consists of two opposed elevated side platforms serving two tracks.

1 ■ ■Main Line for Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda), Namba, and Nara
2 ■ ■Main Line for Koshien, Kobe (Sannomiya), Akashi, and Himeji

History
Area around the station

Naruo Station opened on April 12, 1905 along with the rest of the Hanshin Main Line.[2]

Between 2009 and 2017, the station gradually moved from surface level to an elevated structure. The westbound tracks were elevated in 2015 while the eastbound tracks were completed in 2017.[3]

On 1 April 2014, station numbering with Naruo being designated as station number HS-13.[4]

On October 1, 2019, Hanshin renamed this station from Naruo Station (鳴尾駅), mentioning the nearby Mukogawa Women's University.[5]

  • Original south exit before grade separation in 2009
  • Original north exit before grade separation in 2009
  • Station concourse in 2017
  • View of the elevated Hanshin Main Line platforms in 2017

References
  1. "2020 Handbook Hanshin" (pdf). Hanshin Railway Online. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. Written at Kobe, Japan. 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [Hyogo Railway All Stations Private Railways / Public Railways] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun General Publishing Center: 神戸新聞総合出版センター. 2012-12-10. p. 46. ISBN 9784343006745.
  3. Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (2016-12-27). "阪神電鉄、鳴尾付近の高架化が完了へ　2017年3月18日" [Hanshin Electric Railway to complete the elevation near Naruo March 18, 2017]. Response. (in Japanese). 株式会社イード. Retrieved 2021-01-26.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "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 27 February 2022.
  5. 鳴尾駅が鳴尾・武庫川女子大前駅に　阪神電鉄が変更. 神戸新聞NEXT (in Japanese). 神戸新聞社. 2019-10-01. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04.
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