Uozaki Station

Railway station in Kobe, Japan

Hanshin Electric Railway Co.
Ltd.
Kobe New Transit Co.
Ltd.

Uozaki Station (魚崎駅, Uozaki-eki) is a partially elevated railway station on the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line, just east of Sumiyoshi River, Japan. Trains travel east to Hanshin's terminal in Umeda (Osaka), and west to central Kobe (Motomachi and Sannomiya). At Motomachi, a number of limited express trains carry on along the Sanyo Railway to Himeji city.

It is also possible to change at this station for the Rokko Liner, a driverless system from JR Sumiyoshi to Rokko Island. The two stations of Uozaki are linked by a covered walkway.

Lines

Uozaki Station is served by the Hanshin Main Line, and is 23.8 km (14.8 mi) from the terminus at Ōsaka Namba Station. It is also served by the Kobe New Transit Line, and is 1.2 km (0.75 mi) from the terminus at Sumiyoshi.

Hanshin Main Line

Layout

Uozaki Station

魚崎駅

Hanshin Railway station

General information

Location

Uozaki Nakamachi Yonchome, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo
（神戸市東灘区魚崎中町四丁目）
Japan

Coordinates

34°42′45.31″N 135°16′9.33″E / 34.7125861°N 135.2692583°E / 34.7125861; 135.2692583

Operated by

Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

Line(s)

Main Line

Other information

Station code

HS 23

History

Opened

12 April 1905

Passengers

2019

30,120 (daily)^[1]

Services

Hanshin Railway Main Line (HS 23)
Ogi (HS 22)	Local	Sumiyoshi (HS 24)
Ashiya (HS 20)	Express (1 Mikage-bound train only)	Mikage (HS 25)
Nishinomiya (HS 17) Ashiya (HS 20) (except weekends and holidays)	Rapid Express	Kobe Sannomiya (HS 32)
Ogi (HS 22)	Morning Limited Express (Osaka-Umeda-bound trains only)	Mikage (HS 25)
Ashiya (HS 20)	Limited Express	Mikage (HS 25)
Ashiya (HS 20)	Direct Limited Express	Mikage (HS 25)

There are two tracks and two side platforms. It also has lifts and escalators, as well as waiting rooms on each platform.

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

History

Uozaki Station opened on the Hanshin Main Line on 12 April 1905.^[2]

Service was suspended owing to the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Hanshin Main Line took 7 months to complete.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Uozaki being designated as station number HS-25.^[3]

Gallery

Hanshin Line station building
Hanshin platforms
Station concourse in 2011

Kobe New Transit Line

Layout

Uozaki Station

魚崎駅

Kobe New Transit station

General information

Location

Uozaki Nishimachi Yonchome, Higashinada, Kobe, Hyōgo
（神戸市東灘区魚崎西町四丁目）
Japan

Coordinates

34°42′49.37″N 135°16′6.89″E / 34.7137139°N 135.2685806°E / 34.7137139; 135.2685806

Operated by

Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd.

Line(s)

Rokko Island Line (Rokko Liner)

Other information

Station code

R02

History

Opened

1990

Services

Kobe New Transit Rokko Island Line (R02)
Sumiyoshi (R01)		-	Minami-Uozaki (R03)

The station has two tracks and two side platforms. It also has lifts and escalators.

1	■ Rokko Liner	for Marine Park
2	■ Rokko Liner	to Sumiyoshi

History

The station on the Kobe New Transit Line opened on 21 February 1990.^[2]

Gallery

Kobe New Transit Line platforms

Surroundings

Sumiyoshi River

References

^ "2020 Handbook Hanshin" (pdf). Hanshin Railway Online. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c 兵庫の鉄道全駅私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center. 2012. ISBN 9784343006745.
^ "阪神「三宮」を「神戸三宮」に駅名変更のうえ、駅ナンバリングを導入し、全てのお客さまに分かりやすい駅を目指します" [After changing the station name from Hanshin "Sannomiya" to "Kobe Sannomiya", Introduced station numbering, Aiming for a station that is easy for all customers to understand] (PDF). Hanshin News Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.