Connections Bus stop Opened 1905 | Station code HS 33 (Hanshin) Phone +81 78-326-3159 | |
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Location 1-100, Motomachi Kōka-Dōri (JR)10-2, Motomachi-Dōri 2-chōme (Hanshin)Chūō, Kobe, Hyōgo（神戸市中央区元町高架通1-100 (JR)神戸市中央区元町通二丁目10-2 (阪神)）Japan Operated by JR WestHanshin Electric Railway Passengers (2008 (JR2005 (Hanshin)) 48,787 (JR)15,242 (Hanshin) daily Address Japan, 〒653-0885 Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe, 長田区堀切町１１−１９ Similar | ||
Motomachi Station (元町駅, Motomachi-eki) is a railway station in Motomachi, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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It is one of the main stations serving the central business district of Kobe. The station is the closest access point to the Motomachi shopping district and to Nanking Town, one of Japan's three largest Chinatown districts.
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The JR and Hanshin platforms are separated and no interchange is possible without completely leaving one building and entering another; therefore there are technically two separate Motomachi stations, although they are often treated as one.
The JR station is served by local and rapid trains.
The Hanshin station is the western terminus of the Main Line, although service continues west on the Kobe Rapid Railway.
JR West
There are 2 elevated island platforms serving 2 tracks each.
Hanshin Railway
There is an underground island platform serving 2 tracks.