Nada Station

Station building (2011)
Old building (2006)
West-bound platform, facing east

Nada Station (灘駅 Nada-eki) is a railway station on the JR Kōbe Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, between Sannomiya Station and Rokkōmichi Station. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

This station is located near Iwaya Station of the Hanshin Main Line and Oji-Koen Station of the Hankyu Kobe Line. To the north is Oji-Koen, a large park area that houses various sporting facilities and the city zoo. To the south is an entrance to HAT Kobe, an area that was reconstructed after the 1995 Kobe earthquake and includes the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo International Center of JICA, WHO Kobe Center and the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (which houses a museum commemorating the earthquake), as well as shopping malls and public housing.

Line

Layout

There are two island platforms with four tracks, however Tracks 1 and 4 are fenced.

1  JR Kobe Line passing trains
2  JR Kobe Line for Amagasaki, Osaka and Kyoto
for Kitashinchi and Shijonawate via the JR Tozai Line
3  JR Kobe Line for Sannomiya and Kakogawa
4  JR Kobe Line passing trains

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kōbe Line)
Rokkōmichi   Local   Sannomiya
Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
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Coordinates: 34°42′22″N 135°12′59″E / 34.7062°N 135.2165°E / 34.7062; 135.2165

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