Awaji Station

Awaji Station

淡路駅
Awaji Station; 淡路駅
	Temporary east exit in November 2019
General information
Location	Higashiawaji Yonchome, Higashiyodogawa, Osaka, Osaka; （大阪市東淀川区東淡路四丁目）; Japan
Operated by	Hankyu Railway
Line(s)	Kyoto Main Line; Senri Line;
Connections	;
Other information
Station code	HK-63
History
Opened	April 1, 1921

Awaji Station (淡路駅, Awaji-eki) is a railway station in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by the private operator Hankyu Railway.

Lines

Awaji Station is an intersection of the following two Hankyu Railway lines:

In March 2019, the nearby JR-Awaji Station of the Osaka Higashi Line owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) has been inaugurated.^[1]

Station layout

This station has two island platforms with four tracks at ground level.

Track layout of Awaji Station
	Kita-Senri ↑
Osaka-umeda ←		→ Kawaramachi, Arashiyama
	↓ Tenjimbashisuji rokuchōme, Tengachaya

Platforms

2, 3	■ Hankyu Kyoto Main Line	for Kyoto (Kawaramachi, Arashiyama) and Takatsuki-shi
2, 3	■ Hankyu Senri Line	for Kita-Senri
4, 5	■ Hankyu Kyoto Main Line	for Osaka-umeda, Kobe and Takarazuka
4, 5	■ Hankyu Senri Line	for Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchome and Tengachaya

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (HK-63)
Sōzenji (HK-62)	Local	Kami-Shinjō (HK-64)
Minamikata (HK-61)	Semi-Express	Kami-Shinjō (HK-64)
Minamikata (HK-61)	Express	Kami-Shinjō (HK-64)
Jūsō (HK-03)	Semi Limited Express	Ibaraki-shi (HK-69)
Jūsō (HK-03)	Limited Express	Ibaraki-shi (HK-69)
Jūsō (HK-03)	Rapid Limited Express "Kyo-Train Garaku", "Sagano", "Atago", "Togetsu"	Katsura (HK-81)
Commuter Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Hankyu Senri Line (HK-63)
Kunijima (HK-87)	Local	Shimo-Shinjō (HK-88)
Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme (K11)	Semi-Express	Kami-Shinjō (Kyoto Line, HK-64)
Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme (K11)	Limited Express "Hozu"	Katsura (Kyoto Line, HK-81)

History

Awaji Station opened on 1 April 1921.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-63.^[3]

Future plans

Work is being done as of 2012 to elevate a 7.1 km (4.4 mi) X-shaped section of track from Sōzenji Station to Kami-Shinjō Station on the Kyoto Line and from Kunijima Station to Shimo-Shinjō Station on the Senri Line (including Awaji station from which the aforementioned stations are adjacent stations).^[4] Construction began in 2008 and was expected to be completed in 2017 with full operation on the elevated tracks beginning in 2020. However in 2015 it was determined that the original completion date could not be achieved, and the finish date was pushed back to 2024 with operations beginning that year.^[5] Nevertheless, some reports have suggested that the project would not be completed until 2031 owing to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as delays in land acquisition.^[6] As a result of the delays, the cost of the project has increased by as much as ¥69 billion (2021) (US$629 million).^[6]

Elevated guideway of the Senri line under construction in 2012
Construction of the elevated station structure in 2019
View of construction in the background as a northbound train enters the station

References

^ 直結！おおさか東線 (Direct connection! Ōsaka Higashi Line) Archived 2019-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) (The route map on the top page indicates Awaji Station.)
^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 281. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "「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" ["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 (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "阪急電鉄京都線・千里線（淡路駅付近）連続立体交差事業" [Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line / Senri Line (near Awaji Station) continuous grade crossing project]. Osaka City Online (in Japanese). 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ "阪急電鉄京都線・千里線連続立体交差事業の事業期間の見直しについて" [Review of timeline for Hankyu Kyoto Line and Senri Line grade separation construction work]. city.osaka.lg.jp (in Japanese). 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "阪急立体交差事業で690億円増大阪市試算" [69 billion yen increase in Hankyu grade crossing project]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

External links

Hankyu station information (in Japanese)

34°44′20″N 135°30′59″E / 34.738844°N 135.516508°E / 34.738844; 135.516508

[1] 直結！おおさか東線 (Direct connection! Ōsaka Higashi Line) Archived 2019-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) (The route map on the top page indicates Awaji Station.)

[terada2013-2] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 281. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[3] "「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" ["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 (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

[4] "阪急電鉄京都線・千里線（淡路駅付近）連続立体交差事業" [Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line / Senri Line (near Awaji Station) continuous grade crossing project]. Osaka City Online (in Japanese). 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

[5] "阪急電鉄京都線・千里線連続立体交差事業の事業期間の見直しについて" [Review of timeline for Hankyu Kyoto Line and Senri Line grade separation construction work]. city.osaka.lg.jp (in Japanese). 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[:0-6] "阪急立体交差事業で690億円増大阪市試算" [69 billion yen increase in Hankyu grade crossing project]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

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