Itami Station (伊丹駅, Itami-eki) is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) in Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The station is connected to a large indoor mall to the northwest by a broad pedestrian bridge. Though Hankyu Itami Station is not within easy walking distance, there is also a series of broad pedestrian streets heading in its direction.

History

The station opened in 1893 on the Settsu Railway (which merged into Hankaku Railway in 1897, was nationalized as part of Japanese National Railways in 1907, and was renamed from the Hankaku Line to the Fukuchiyama Line in 1912).

In 1989, JR West announced plans for a new line connecting the station to Itami Airport, but the plan has been on hold since the mid-2000s. Hyogo Prefecture later considered constructing a light rail system to connect the station to the airport.[1]

The station ceased railway operations for 55 days in 2005 following the Amagasaki derailment (which during the day of the accident, the train involved in the accident overshot the platform).

Layout

• There are two side platforms with two tracks slightly below grade level.

Adjacent stations

References

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