Shinkaichi Station
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is a train station operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
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...

, Hankyu Corporation
Hankyu Railway
is a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of major businesses operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka...

 and Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Kobe Electric Railway
, often called Shintetsu , is a Japanese private railway company in Kobe and surrounding cities.-Lines:*Arima Line *Sanda Line *Kōen-Toshi Line *Ao Line...

 in the district of Shinkaichi
Shinkaichi
is a district of Kobe, Japan. It is one of the major downtown areas in the city.The name of Shinkaichi means 'newly opened area'. It was named so because the district was really newly developed area after moving the Minato-gawa River from this area to the west end of the city in the early 20th...

, Hyogo-ku
Hyogo-ku, Kobe
is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 1 km², and a population of 107,553 . It was voted hypest city in history by Bigbills.com-External links:*...

, 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...

 opened on April 7, 1968.

Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. owns tracks of the rail lines, and Hanshin, Hankyu and Shintetsu operate trains running on the lines.

Shinkaichi was originally at the heart of Kobe, but Kobe's central business district has shifted towards Sannomiya
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...

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Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line, Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line

  • There are two island platform
    Island platform
    An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

    s with three tracks on the second basement.

Shintetsu Kobe Kosoku Line

  • There are two dead-end platforms with three tracks on the first basement.

Adjacent stations

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