Motomachi Station (元町駅, Motomachi-eki) is a railway station in Motomachi, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

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Motomachi Station 元町駅
Facade of the station
General information
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
Operated by	JR West Hanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)	JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) Main Line Kōbe Kōsoku Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	HS 33 (Hanshin)
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
2008 (JR 2005 (Hanshin)	48,787 (JR) 15,242 (Hanshin) daily
Services West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Tōkaidō Line (JR Kōbe Line) (A-62) Sannomiya (JR-A61)   Local   Kōbe (JR-A63) Sannomiya (JR-A61)   Rapid Service   Kōbe (JR-A63) Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, Kōbe Kōsoku Line (HS 33) Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Hanshin Local   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line) Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Sanyo Local   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line) Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Rapid Express (3 eastbound trains only, on weekends and holidays)   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line) Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Hanshin Limited Express   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line) Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Through Limited Express (yellow marking)   Nishi-Motomachi (HS 34, Kōbe Kōsoku Line) Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Sanyo S Limited Express   Kōsoku Kōbe (HS 35, Kōbe Kōsoku Line) Kobe-Sannomiya (HS 32, Main Line)   Through Limited Express (red marking)   Kosoku Kobe (HS 35, Kōbe Kōsoku Line)

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

• JR West JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line)
• Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, Kōbe Kōsoku Line

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.

Motomachi Station (JR West) layout
Legend
↑Sannomiya 4 3 2 1 ↓Kobe

Hanshin Railway

Overview

There is an underground island platform serving 2 tracks.

Motomachi Station (Hanshin) layout
Legend
↑Sannomiya 1 2 ↓Nishi-Motomachi

Gallery

• 
  JR platforms at Motomachi; a freight train passes by in the background
• 
  The Hanshin Line platforms are underground

Surroundings

• Kyūkyoryūchi-Daimarumae Station

References