Motomachi Station (Hyōgo)
Railway station in Kobe, Japan
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Motomachi Station (元町駅, Motomachi-eki) is a railway station in Motomachi, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[3][4]
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
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| 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′23″N 135°11′15″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated (JR West) Underground (Hanshin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | JR-A62 (JR West) HS 33 (Hanshin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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.
JR West
Overview
There are 2 elevated island platforms serving 2 tracks each.
| 1 | ■ JR Kobe Line | rapid service for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji in the morning and the evening on weekdays |
| 2 | ■ JR Kobe Line | local trains and rapid service for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji |
| 3 | ■ JR Kobe Line | local trains and rapid service for Sannomiya, Amagasaki and Osaka local trains for Kitashinchi (JR Tozai Line) |
| 4 | ■ JR Kobe Line | rapid service for Sannomiya, Amagasaki and Osaka in the morning |
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Hanshin Railway
Overview
There is an underground island platform serving 2 tracks.
| 1 | ■ ■Main Line | for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka-Umeda, Osaka Namba and Nara |
| 2 | ■ ■Kōbe Kōsoku Line | for Kosoku Kobe, Suma, Akashi, and Himeji |
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Gallery
JR platforms at Motomachi; a freight train passes by in the background
The Hanshin Line platforms are underground
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History
Surroundings
- Kyūkyoryūchi-Daimarumae Station
- Kenchōmae Station on the Seishin-Yamate Line