is an elevated station on the Hanshin Electric Railway

Hanshin Electric Railway

is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.The second character for Osaka and the first character for Kobe combine to form the company name, 阪神, which can be read Han-shin.IC cards are accepted when...

 Main Line, with trains travelling east to Hanshin's terminal in Umeda

Umeda

Umeda is the main commercial and central business district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, best known as the city's main northern railway terminus .Umeda is a large traffic hub, as well as the principal office and hotel district...

 (Osaka), and west to central Kobe (Motomachi and Sannomiya

Sannomiya

is a district of Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. Today, it is the biggest downtown area in the city.Before the 1920s, Sannomiya was just an edge of the city. The major downtowns were Motomachi and Shinkaichi, which are west of Sannomiya...

). At Motomachi, number of limited express trains carry on along the Sanyo Railway to Himeji city.

Layout

The station has four tracks with two island platforms elevated with an elevator each.

Surroundings

• Route 2 (国道2号) - Arterial route from Osaka to Fukuoka
  Fukuoka Prefecture
  is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.- History :Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen....
  
  
• Mikage Classe (御影クラッセ) (Hanshin Mikage
  Hanshin Department Store
  is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation.- Stores :Umeda Head Store*13-13, Umeda Itchome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan*Access*At Ebista Nishinomiya in 1-26, Tanakacho, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan...
  
  , etc.)
• Yuduruha Shrine (弓弦羽神社)
• Higashinada Police Station (東灘警察署)

Buses from Mikage

• Departing from the North Side
  • 16　Towards JR Rokkomichi Station (JR六甲道), Hankyu Rokko Station, and Rokko Cable Car station
  • 19　Towards Hankyu Mikage (阪急御影) and Konan Hospital (甲南病院前)
  • 36　Towards JR Rokkomichi Station (JR六甲道), Hankyu Rokko Station and Tsurukabuto-danchi (鶴甲団地)
  • 38　Towards Higashinada Ward Office and the Hakutsuru Art Gallery
  • 39　Towards JR Sumiyoshi, Hankyu Mikage and Konan hospital

• Departing from the South Side
  • 33　Towards Higashinada Ward Office, Okamoto and JR Konanyamate station
  • 35　Towards Higashinada Ward Office and Uozaki

Adjacent stations

External links

• Official website of Hanshin Railway