Mikage Station (御影駅, Mikage-eki) is an elevated railway station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, with trains traveling east to Hanshin's terminal in Umeda (Osaka), and west to central Kobe (Motomachi and Sannomiya). At Motomachi, number of limited express trains carry on along the Sanyo Railway to Himeji city.

Mikage Station 御影駅
General information
Location	Mikage Hommachi 1-chome, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo （神戸市東灘区御影本町一丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°42′53″N 135°15′20″E
Operated by	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	HS 25
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
2005	20,667 (daily)
Services
Hanshin Main Line (HS 25) Sumiyoshi (HS 24)   Local   Ishiyagawa (HS 26) Uozaki   Express (1 terminating train only on weekdays)   Terminus Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station Uozaki (HS 23)   Morning Limited Express (Osaka-Umeda bound trains only on weekdays)   Terminus Uozaki (HS 23)   Limited Express   Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32) Uozaki (HS 23)   Direct Limited Express   Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32)

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Overview

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
• Mikage Classe (御影クラッセ) (Hankyu Oasis Mikage, Hanshin Mikage, etc.)
• Yuzuruha Shrine (15 minutes walk north, 弓弦羽神社)
• Higashinada Police Station (東灘警察署)
• Hyogo Prefectural Mikage High School（兵庫県立御影高等学校）
• Kobe Municipal Mikage Junior High School（神戸市立御影中学校）
• Kobe Municipal Mhkage Elementary School（神戸市立御影小学校）
• Morozoff Limited Kansai Branch (former headquarters)

Buses

• Departing from the north side
  • Route 16 for JR Rokkomichi (JR六甲道), Hankyu Rokko, Kobe University Faculty of Intercultural Studies (神大国際文化学部前), and Rokko Cable Car Station
  • Route 19 for Hankyu Mikage (阪急御影), Konan Hospital (甲南病院前), Kamokogahara (鴨子ヶ原) and Sumiyoshi Primary School attached to Kobe University (神大附属小学校前)
  • Route 36 for JR Rokkomichi (JR六甲道), Hankyu Rokko, Kobe University Main Gate and Tsurukabuto-danchi (鶴甲団地)
  • Route 38 for Higashinada Ward Office, Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum and Uzumoridai
  • Route 39 for JR Sumiyoshi, Hankyu Mikage, Konan Hospital, Kamokogahara and Sumiyoshi Primary School attached to Kobe University
• Departing from the south side
  • Route 33 for Higashinada Ward Office, Okamoto and JR Konan-Yamate
  • Route 35 for Higashinada Ward Office and Uozaki
  • Route 39 for JR Sumiyoshi, Hankyu Mikage, Konan Hospital, Kamokogahara and Sumiyoshi Primary School attached to Kobe University

Kobe Ferry Bus

• West side of Mikage Station, in front of Lawson Store 100
  • For Rokko Island Ferry Terminal and Rokko Passenger Ship Terminal

Kobe Minato Kanko

• West side of Mikage Station (northbound), in front of Morozoff Limited Kansai Branch
  • For Hankyu Mikage, Okamoto and Shukugawa Green Town (Hankyu Shukugawa)
• West side of Mikage Station (southbound), north of Edition appliance store Mikage
  • For Rokko Island

History

Mikage Station opened on the Hanshin Main Line on 12 April 1905.[1]

Service was suspended owing to the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Hanshin Main Line took 7 months to complete.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Mikage being designated as station number HS-25.[2]

Gallery

• 
  Abandoned freight platforms seen in 2008
• 
  Platforms seen in 2008
• 
  An eastbound local train alighting at platform 2
• 
  View of the bus terminal
• 
  A westbound Kintetsu train on track 3

References

External links

• Station website (in Japanese)