Motomachi Station (Hyōgo)

Railway station in Kobe, Japan

Motomachi Station (元町駅, Motomachi-eki) is a railway station in Motomachi, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.^[1][2]

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.

JR West

Overview

There are 2 elevated island platforms serving 2 tracks each.

Hanshin Railway

Overview

There is an underground island platform serving 2 tracks.

Gallery

• 
  JR platforms at Motomachi; a freight train passes by in the background
• 
  The Hanshin Line platforms are underground

History

Station numbering was introduced to the JR platforms in March 2018 with Motomachi being assigned station number JR-A62.^[3][4]

Surroundings

• Kyūkyoryūchi-Daimarumae Station
• Kenchōmae Station on the Seishin-Yamate Line

References

1. Hyōgo no tetsudō zen'eki : jēāru sanseku kennai hyakurokujūsan'eki haisen ryakuzutsuki tetsudō isan mokuzō ekisha o tazunete sharyō ichirantsuki. Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā., 神戶新聞総合出版センター. [Place of publication not identified]: Kōbeshinbunsōgōshuppansentā. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8. OCLC 776109204.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
2. Hyōgo no tetsudō zen'eki : shitetsu kōei tetsudō kennai nihyakujūhachieki haisen ryakuzutsuki kosei afureru kyūtetsudō no ekisha ga daishūgō. Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā., 神戶新聞総合出版センター. [Place of publication not identified]: Kōbeshinbunsōgōshuppansentā. 2012. ISBN 978-4-343-00674-5. OCLC 822875937.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
3. "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
4. "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.