Kasuganomichi Station (Hankyu)

{{short description|Railway station in Kobe, Japan}}

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| address = Chūō-ku, Kobe

| borough = Hyōgo Prefecture

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| line = Hankyū Kōbe Main Line

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| code = HK-15

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{{Nihongo|Kasuganomichi Station|春日野道駅|Kasuganomichi-eki}} is a train station in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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Layout

The station is served by a single island platform serving two tracks.{{Ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|linename=Hankyu Kobe Line|lineindex=Kobe Line|dir=for {{STN|Sannomiya|x||Kobe-sannomiya}}, {{STN|Shinkaichi|x}} and Sanyo Electric Railway|col=blue}}

{{Ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|linename=Hankyu Kobe Line|lineindex=Kobe Line|dir=for {{STN|Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi|x}}, {{STN|Umeda|x||Osaka (Umeda)}}, {{STN|Kawaramachi|x|Kyoto|Kyoto}} and {{STN|Takarazuka|x|Hankyu|Takarazuka}}|col=blue}}

History

The station opened on 1 April 1936.{{Cite journal|last=曽根|first=悟|date=October 2010|title=週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 大手私鉄|trans-title=Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways|journal=Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia|language=ja|volume=12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2)|pages=27–29|isbn=978-4-02-340142-6}}

Operations were suspended from June 1945 until May 1946.{{Cite book|title=兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道|publisher=Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center|year=2012|isbn=9784343006745|location=Japan|language=ja|trans-title=All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways}}

Kasuganomichi Station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete.

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Kasuganomichi being designated as station number HK-15.{{Cite web|date=30 April 2013|title=「西山天王山」駅開業にあわせて、「三宮」「服部」「中山」「松尾」4駅の駅名を変更し、全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します|trans-title="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.|url=https://megalodon.jp/ref/2013-1215-0920-39/holdings.hankyu-hanshin.co.jp/ir/data/ER201304306N1.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427234925/http://megalodon.jp/ref/2013-1215-0920-39/holdings.hankyu-hanshin.co.jp/ir/data/ER201304306N1.pdf|archive-date=27 April 2016|access-date=19 February 2022|website=Hankyu Corporation Online|format=PDF}}

Upgrades were done to the station starting in November 2020 to promote universal design.{{Cite web |date=6 November 2020 |title=阪急神戸線春日野道駅でバリアフリー化工事を実施%20〜エレベータや可動式ホーム柵などを設置へ |trans-title=Barrier-free construction at Kasuganomichi Station on the Hankyu Kobe Line% 20-Installation of elevators and movable platform fences |url=https://railf.jp/news/2020/11/06/010000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303231137/https://railf.jp/news/2020/11/06/010000.html |archive-date=3 March 2021 |access-date=26 February 2022 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}} This included the installation of elevators and accessible washrooms.

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