Amagasaki Station (JR West)

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Amagasaki Station 尼崎駅
Amagasaki Station, June 2013
Location	1-1 Shioe Itchome, Amagasaki, Hyōgo （兵庫県尼崎市潮江一丁目1-1） Japan
Coordinates	34°43′54″N 135°25′54″E / 34.73167°N 135.43167°E / 34.73167; 135.43167Coordinates: 34°43′54″N 135°25′54″E / 34.73167°N 135.43167°E / 34.73167; 135.43167
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Line (JR Kobe Line) Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) JR Tōzai Line
History
Opened	1874
Previous names	Kanzaki (until 1949)

Amagasaki Station (尼崎駅, Amagasaki-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kōbe Line), Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) and JR Tōzai Line of West Japan Railway Company (JR West), located in Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan, opened in 1874. Until 1997, Amagasaki was only a local stop, but it has since become a major junction with the opening of the JR Tōzai Line. Today, all commuter trains and Fukuchiyama-bound limited express trains stop here.

Amagasaki is the official terminal of the Fukuchiyama Line and the JR Tōzai Line, but only direct rapid services originate from here via the JR Tōzai Line. Trains of the Fukuchiyama Line continue east to Osaka and beyond on the Tōkaidō Line or connect with the Gakkentoshi Line through the JR Tōzai Line. Tōzai Line trains (except direct rapid services) continue west to Nishi-Akashi and beyond on the Tōkaidō Line, and Takarazuka and beyond on the Fukuchiyama Line.

The station is referred to as "JR Amagasaki" to distinguish between the station and Amagasaki Station operated by Hanshin Electric Railway. While these two stations are situated relatively close to each other, passengers transferring between these two stations must take buses to transfer between trains.

Lines[]

• Tōkaidō Line (JR Kobe Line)
• Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line)
• JR Tōzai Line

Station layout[]

The station has four ground-level island platforms serving eight tracks.

• This station is an intermediate station on the "JR Kōbe Line". However, the Tōkaidō Line only for Sannomiya is informed as the "JR Kōbe Line" and the line for Osaka and Kyoto as the "JR Kyōto Line", because the Tōkaidō Line between this station and Osaka is parts of the sections of the "JR Kōbe Line" and the "JR Takarazuka Line". The trains from the JR Takarazuka Line which terminate at Osaka and Shin-Osaka are informed as the "JR Takarazuka Line" for passing Tsukamoto Station.

Limited express trains

• Kounotori (Shin-Osaka - Fukuchiyama, Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen)

Stations next to Amagasaki[]

See also[]

• Amagasaki Station (Hanshin)
• Amagasaki rail crash

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amagasaki Station (JR West).

• JR West - Amagasaki Station (Japanese)