Line(s) Hanshin Main Line Station code HS 14 Opened 1924 | Connections Bus terminal Address Japan, 兵庫県西宮市甲子園七番町1-1 Phone +81 798-48-1500 | |
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Location Kōshien Nanabanchō, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
（兵庫県西宮市甲子園七番町）
Japan Operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Similar Naruo Station, Kōshienguchi Station, Koshien Stadium, Kusugawa Station, Imazu Station | ||
Kōshien Station (甲子園駅, Kōshien-eki) is a railway station on the Hanshin Main Line in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway. It is the nearest station to Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
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Station layout
This station has two elevated island platforms and a side platform serving four tracks, and an additional side track is located in the west of the platforms. There was also a side platform to the north of Track 1 till autumn 2014. Ticket gates are located at the east and the west, and there is stadium exit from the side platform serving Track 4 to the west.
Every year from 2011 till 2014, the 2 side platforms were closed for removal work from November till mid-March and boarded from late March till October for the events. One to the north of Track 1 was removed in November 2014 to locate new Track 1 and widen the eastbound platform, completed on February 21, 2015. The other was also removed to locate new Track 4 and the new side platform and widen the westbound platform, completed on March 14.
2 elevators were situated on October 26, 2013, one for each platform connecting to the west gate.
Renovation
On June 8, 2011, Hanshin Electric Railway announced plans to renovate Koshien Station from autumn 2011, with work completed by spring 2017. Of four platforms at the station, a side platform for unloading eastbound trains was removed and the remaining three platforms were widened to accommodate an elevator connecting the west gate on each platform and another elevator connecting the east gate on each of the two platforms used for boarding trains. The west gate will be widened to ease access to Hanshin Koshien Stadium, covering a camphor tree in the south of the station. The east entrance will be situated near the east gate making it easier for passengers to access the eastern area of the station. A large roof will cover the center of the platforms and the tracks.