Kobata Station

Railway station in Kobe, Japan

Kobata Station

木幡駅

Kobata Station, December 2008

General information
Location| Kizu Oshibedanicho, Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyōgo-ken 651-2222
Japan
Coordinates| 34°44′54″N 135°04′16″E﻿ / ﻿34.748418°N 135.071049°E﻿ / 34.748418; 135.071049
Operated by|  Kobe Electric Railway
Line(s)| ■ Ao Line
Distance| 8.1 km from Suzurandai
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Connections|

Other information
Station code| KB45
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 15 June 1937 (1937-06-15)
Previous names| Dentetsu Kobata (1952-1988)
Passengers
FY2019| 374

Location

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Location within Hyōgo Prefecture

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Kobata Station (Japan)

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Kobata Station (木幡駅, Kobata-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu).

## Lines

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Kobata Station is served by the Ao Line and is 8.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Suzurandai and is 15.6 kilometers from Minatogawa and 16.0 kilometers from Shinkaichi.

## Station layout

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The station consists of two unnumbered ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

### Platforms

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station side | ■  Ao Line | for Shijimi, Ebisu, Ono and Ao

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opposite side | ■  Ao Line  | for Nishi-Suzurandai, Suzurandai and Shinkaichi

## Adjacent stations

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« | Service  | »

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Shintetsu Ao Line
Kizu |   | Local  |   | Sakae
Kizu  |   | Semi-Express  |   | Sakae
Nishi-Suzurandai |   | Express (running only for Shinkaichi)  |   | Sakae
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station

## History

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Kobata Station opened on June 15, 1937. It was renamed Dentetsu-Kobata Station (電鉄木幡駅) on October 1, 1952 but reverted to its original name on April 1, 1988.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 374 passengers daily.[1]

## Surrounding area

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* Akihadai residential area

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌粟生線・駅別乗降人員<1日平均>の推移 [number of passengers getting on and off by Ao Line / station <daily average>] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Electric Railway. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kobata Station.

* Official website (Kobe Electric Railway) (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Shintetsu Ao Line

* Suzurandai
* Suzurandai-nishiguchi
* Nishi-Suzurandai
* Aina
* Kawaike Signal Box
* Kizu
* Mizu Signal Box
* Kobata
* Sakae
* Oshibedani
* Midorigaoka
* Hirono Golf-jō-mae
* Shijimi
* Ebisu
* Miki Uenomaru
* Miki
* Ōmura
* Kashiyama
* Ichiba
* Ono
* Hata
* Ao

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