1. History

2. Layout

3. Services

4. Adjacent stations

History

The station opened with the rest of the Kobe Rapid Transit Railway network on April 7, 1968. On January 17, 1995, the station was closed due to the Great Hanshin earthquake; services to Shinkaichi resumed on February 6 that year, and to Sannomiya on June 1.

Layout

There are two eight-car-long side platforms at 2nd basement level serving two tracks.

Services

Trains run 0455-0020 every day. The typical hourly off-peak weekday service is:

• 8 trains to Kobe-sannomiya, of which:
  • 6 continue to Umeda as limited expresses (Kobe-sannomiya, Okamoto, Shukugawa, Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Jūsō, Umeda)
• 8 trains to Shinkaichi, of which:
  • 2 continue to Himeji as locals (alternatively passengers can change at Kōsoku-Kōbe).

Adjacent stations

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• Houghton Lake Flats North Flooding State Wildlife Management Area
• Houghton Lake Flats Observation Deck
• Houghton Lake Flats South Flooding State Wildlife Management Area
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• Houghton Lake Flats State Wildlife Management Area
• Houghton Lake Flats Wildlife Area
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• Houghton Lake Flooding State Management Area
• Houghton Lake Flooding State Wildlife Management Area
• Houghton Lake Flooding Wildlife Management Area
• Houghton-le-Spring by-election, 1913
• Houghton Mares' Chase
• Houghton, Mark
• Houghton, Michael
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• Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
• Houghton Mifflin v. Stackpole