Motomachi Station (Hyōgo)

Motomachi Station 元町駅
Facade of the station
Location
Prefecture	Hyōgo (See other stations in Hyōgo)
City	Kobe
Ward	Chūō-ku
Neighborhood etc.	1-100, Motomachi Kōka-Dōri (JR) 10-2, Motomachi-Dōri 2-chōme (Hanshin)
Coordinates	34°41′22″N 135°11′15″E / 34.6895628°N 135.1873899°E / 34.6895628; 135.1873899Coordinates: 34°41′22″N 135°11′15″E / 34.6895628°N 135.1873899°E / 34.6895628; 135.1873899
Postal Code	650-0014 (JR) 650-0022 (Hanshin)
(in Japanese)	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)
History
Year opened	1905
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR West Hanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)	JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) Main Line, Kōbe Kōsoku Line
Statistics	48,787 (JR) 15,242 (Hanshin) passengers/day 2008 (JR) 2005 (Hanshin)
There is a bus stop near this station

Motomachi Station (元町駅, Motomachi-eki^?) is a railway station in Motomachi, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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.

Lines

• JR West JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line)
• Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, Kōbe Kōsoku Line

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.

Layout

JR West

Motomachi Station (JR West) layout
Legend
↑Sannomiya 4 3 2 1 ↓Kobe

JR platforms at Motomachi; a freight train passes by in the background

There are 2 elevated island platforms serving 2 tracks each.

1	■JR Kobe Line	rapid service for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji in the morning and the evening on weekdays
2	■JR Kobe Line	local trains and rapid service for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji
3	■JR Kobe Line	local trains and rapid service for Sannomiya, Amagasaki and Osaka local trains for Kitashinchi (JR Tozai Line)
4	■JR Kobe Line	rapid service for Sannomiya, Amagasaki and Osaka in the morning

Hanshin Railway

Motomachi Station (Hanshin) layout
Legend
↑Sannomiya 1 2 ↓Nishi-Motomachi

There is an underground island platform serving 2 tracks.

1	■■Main Line	for Koshien, Amagasaki, Osaka (Umeda, Namba) and Nara
2	■■Kōbe Kōsoku Line	for Kosoku Kobe, Suma, Akashi, and Himeji

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Tōkaidō Line (JR Kōbe Line)
Sannomiya		Local		Kōbe
Sannomiya		Rapid Service		Kōbe
Special Rapid Service: no stop
Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, Kōbe Kōsoku Line
Sannomiya (Main Line)		Hanshin Local		Nishi-Motomachi (Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Sannomiya (Main Line)		Sanyo Local		Nishi-Motomachi (Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Sannomiya (Main Line)		Hanshin Limited Express		Nishi-Motomachi (Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Sannomiya (Main Line)		Through Limited Express (yellow marking)		Nishi-Motomachi (Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Sannomiya (Main Line)		Sanyo S Limited Express		Kōsoku Kōbe (Kōbe Kōsoku Line)
Sannomiya (Main Line)		Through Limited Express (red marking)		Kosoku Kobe (Kōbe Kōsoku Line)

Kobe Rapid Transit Railway
Legend Hankyu Sannomiya Motomachi Hanakuma Nishi-Motomachi Kōsoku Kōbe Shinkaichi Minatogawa Daikai Kōsoku Nagata Nishidai view · talk · edit

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