Bishōen Station
Appearance
Bishōen Station 美章園駅 | |||||||||||
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Location | 18, Bishōen 1-chōme, Abeno, Osaka, Osaka (大阪市阿倍野区美章園一丁目18) Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°38′17.04″N 135°31′26.27″E / 34.6380667°N 135.5239639°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
Line(s) | R Hanwa Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Station code | JR-R21 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 3 June 1931 | ||||||||||
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Bishōen Station (美章園駅, Bishōen-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The station opened on 3 June 1931.
Layout
[edit]This station has two elevated side platforms serving a track each.
1 | ■ Hanwa Line | for Ōtori and Wakayama |
2 | ■ Hanwa Line | to Tennōji |
Surroundings
[edit]- Koboreguchi Station (Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line)
- Super-Sanko Bishoen
- Meijo Gakuin High School
- Osaka Girl's Senior High School
- Osaka Prefectural Tennoji High School
- Osaka City Kogei Senior High School
- Osaka College of Art (The Group of Osaka University of Arts)
Bus route
[edit]- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Bishoen)
- Route 6 for Abenobashi / for Sunjiyata via Shirasagi Koen-mae
History
[edit]- 3 June 1931 - Bishoen Station opened on the Hanwa Railway Line between Hanwa Tennoji and Minami-Tanabe stations.
- 1 December 1940 - Hanwa Railway was consolidated by Nankai Railway and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Nankai Railway Yamate Line.
- 1 May 1944 - The Nankai Railway Yamate Line was nationalized and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Japanese National Railways Hanwa Line.
- 14 February 1945 - The station was closed after Abeno-ku was bombed by Boeing B-29 of the US Forces.
- 15 April 1947 - The station was reopened.
- 1958 - The renovation of the station was started.
- 13 May 1958 - The renovation of the station was completed.
- August 1969 - The west gate was situated.
- 1 April 1987 - JNR was privatized and Bishoen Station became a train station operated by West Japan Railway Company.
- March 2018 - Station numbering was introduced with Bishōen being assigned station number JR-R21.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します!" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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