Bishōen Station

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Operated by JR West Connections Bus stop Opened 1931		Line(s) Hanwa Line Address Japan

Location 18, Bishōen 1-chōme, Abeno, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市阿倍野区美章園一丁目18） Japan Similar Koboreguchi Station, Minami‑Tanabe Station, Fuminosato Station, Tsurugaoka Station, Shōwachō Station

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Bishōen Station (美章園駅, Bishōen-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The station opened on June 3, 1931.

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Layout

This station has two elevated side platforms serving a track each.

Surroundings

Koboreguchi Station (Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line)

Super-Sanko Bishoen

Meijo Gakuin High School

Osaka Girl's Senior High School

Osaka Prefectural Tennoji High School

Osaka City Kogei Senior High School

Osaka College of Art (The Group of Osaka University of Arts)

Bus route

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Bishoen)

Route 6 for Abenobashi / for Sunjiyata via Shirasagi Koen-mae

History

June 3, 1931 - Bishoen Station opened on the Hanwa Railway Line between Hanwa Tennoji and Minami-Tanabe stations.

December 1, 1940 - Hanwa Railway was consolidated by Nankai Railway and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Nankai Railway Yamate Line.

May 1, 1944 - The Nankai Railway Yamate Line was nationalized and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Japanese National Railways Hanwa Line.

February 14, 1945 - The station was closed after Abeno-ku was bombed by Boeing B-29 of the US Forces.

April 15, 1947 - The station was reopened.

1958 - The renovation of the station was started.

May 13, 1958 - The renovation of the station was completed.

August 1969 - The west gate was situated.

April 1, 1987 - JNR was privatized and Bishoen Station became a train station operated by West Japan Railway Company.

References

Bishōen Station Wikipedia

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