Nada Station
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Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
on the JR Kōbe Line
JR Kobe Line
The is the nickname of portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Sanyō Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture...
(Tōkaidō Main Line
Tokaido Main Line
The is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
) in Nada-ku
Nada-ku, Kobe
is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 31.4 km², and a population of 129,095 .A leading national university in Japan, Kobe University, is located in this ward, as is the city's Oji Zoo....
, Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, Hyōgo Prefecture
Hyogo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, between Sannomiya Station
Sannomiya Station
is located in the heart of Kobe, Japan. This station is the main railway terminal of Kobe.- Lines :*Hanshin Electric Railway *Hankyu Railway *Kobe Municipal Subway...
and Rokkōmichi Station
Rokkomichi Station
is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company Tōkaidō Main Line in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:The elevated station has two island platforms; one is for Osaka-bound trains and the other is for Kobe-bound trains....
. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
(JR West).
This station is located near Iwaya Station
Iwaya Station (Hyogo)
is a railway station of Hanshin Main Line, in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Nishi-Nada Station and Kasuganomichi Station.The station is located near Nada Station of JR Kōbe Line and is an entrance to Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo International Center of JICA, WHO Centre...
of the Hanshin Main Line, and an entrance to HAT Kobe (includes Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
is a purpose built municipal art gallery in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in 2002.The major collections of the museum are foreign and Japanese sculptures, foreign and Japanese prints, Western-style and Japanese-style paintings associated with Hyogo Prefecture, Japanese...
, Hyogo International Center of JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency
The Japan International Cooperation Agency is an independent governmental agency that coordinates official development assistance for the government of Japan...
, WHO Kobe Center
WHO Centre for Health Development
The WHO Centre for Health Development is an intergovernmental agency forming part of the World Health Organisation of the United Nations....
and Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution).
Layout
- There are 2 island platforms with 4 tracks, however Tracks 1 and 4 are fenced.