Ashiyagawa Station

Location
	Ashiyagawa Station Location within Hyōgo Prefecture Ashiyagawa Station Ashiyagawa Station (Japan)

Ashiyagawa Station

芦屋川あしやがわ駅えき
Ashiyagawa Station; 芦屋川あしやがわ駅えき
	Ashiyagawa Station platforms
General information
Location	1 Nishiyamachō, Ashiya-shi, Hyōgo-ken 659-0083; Japan
Coordinates	34°44′12″N 135°18′02″E / 34.7366°N 135.3005°E
Operated by	Hankyu Railway.
Line(s)	■ Hankyu Kobe Line
Distance	21.0 km (13.0 mi) from Osaka-umeda
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	HK-10
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 July 1920
Passengers
FY2019	17,805
Services
Hankyu Railway Kōbe Main Line (HK 10)
	Semi limited Express: Does not stop at this station
	Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
	Commutation Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
	Extra Limited Express (Kosoku Kobe - Arashiyama): Does not stop at this station
Location
Location
	Ashiyagawa Station Location within Hyōgo Prefecture Ashiyagawa Station Ashiyagawa Station (Japan)

Ashiyagawa Station (芦屋川あしやがわ駅えき, Ashiyagawa-eki, station number: HK-10) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.^[1]

Lines

Ashiyagawa Station is served by the Hankyū Kōbe Main Line, and is located 21.0 kilometres (13.0 miles) from the terminus of the line at Osaka-umeda.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated side platforms serving two tracks. The platform straddles the Ashiya River on the east side and the station building is located on the west bank of the Ashiya River

Platforms

1	■ Kobe Line	for Kobe-sannomiya, Shinkaichi, and the Sanyo Railway Main Line
2	■ Kobe Line	for Osaka (Umeda), Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Kyoto, and Takarazuka

History

Ashiyagawa Station opened on 16 July 1920.^[2]

The station building was reconstructed in 1957.^[3]

The station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Ashiyagawa being designated as station number HK-10.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 17,805 passengers daily^[5]

Surrounding area

Ashiya River (芦屋川あしやがわ)
Ashiya Rock Garden (芦屋あしやロックガーデン)
Ashiya Shrine (芦屋あしや神社じんじゃ)
Ashiya University (芦屋大学あしやだいがく)
Konan Junior and Senior High School (甲南こうなん中学校ちゅうがっこう・高等こうとう学校がっこう)
Kōza-no-taki Waterfall (高座こうざの滝たき)
Ege-no-yama remains (会下山えげやま遺跡いせき)
TAWARA MUSEUM OF ART (俵たわら美術館びじゅつかん)
TEKISUI MUSEUM OF ART (滴しずく翠みどり美術館びじゅつかん)

References

^ 兵庫ひょうごの鉄てつ道全どうぜん駅えき JR・三さんセク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
^ ^a ^b 曽根そね, 悟さとる (October 2010). "週刊しゅうかん歴史れきしでめぐる鉄道てつどう全ぜん路線ろせん大手おおて私鉄してつ" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.
^ 兵庫ひょうごの鉄道てつどう全ぜん駅えき私鉄してつ・公営こうえい鉄道てつどう [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center. 2012. ISBN 9784343006745.
^ "「西山にしやま天王山てんのうざん」駅えき開業かいぎょうにあわせて、「三宮さんのみや」「服部はっとり」「中山ちゅうざん」「松尾まつお」４駅えきの駅名えきめいを変更へんこうし、全ぜん駅えきで駅えきナンバリングを導入どうにゅうします" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父やぶ市し統計とうけい書しょ [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links

Media related to Ashiya-gawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

Ashiyagawa Station website (in Japanese)

[kobe-np-1] 兵庫ひょうごの鉄てつ道全どうぜん駅えき JR・三さんセク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.

[:0-2] 曽根そね, 悟さとる (October 2010). "週刊しゅうかん歴史れきしでめぐる鉄道てつどう全ぜん路線ろせん大手おおて私鉄してつ" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.

[3] 兵庫ひょうごの鉄道てつどう全ぜん駅えき私鉄してつ・公営こうえい鉄道てつどう [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center. 2012. ISBN 9784343006745.

[4] "「西山にしやま天王山てんのうざん」駅えき開業かいぎょうにあわせて、「三宮さんのみや」「服部はっとり」「中山ちゅうざん」「松尾まつお」４駅えきの駅名えきめいを変更へんこうし、全ぜん駅えきで駅えきナンバリングを導入どうにゅうします" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[Hyogo_stats-5] 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父やぶ市し統計とうけい書しょ [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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