Jūsō Station

Jūsō Station

十三駅
Jūsō Station; 十三駅
	West gate of Jūsō Station
General information
Location	Juso-higashi Nichome, Yodogawa, Osaka, Osaka; （大阪市淀川区十三東二丁目）; Japan
Coordinates	34°43′11.61″N 135°28′58.05″E / 34.7198917°N 135.4827917°E
Operated by	Hankyu Railway
Line(s)	Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line; Hankyu Kobe Main Line; Hankyu Kyoto Main Line;
Platforms	2 island platforms; 2 side platforms;
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus stop;
Other information
Station code	HK-03
History
Opened	10 March 1910

Jūsō Station (十三駅, Jūsō eki) is a railway station in Jūsō, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. The six-track trunk line from Umeda Station diverges into the three double tracks of the Hankyu Kobe Line, the Hankyu Kyoto Line and the Hankyu Takarazuka Line at this station. The area surrounding the station is an extensive shopping and entertainment district.

Station layout

This station has two island platforms and two side platforms serving six tracks on the ground level, enabling to change trains from the Kobe Line for Umeda to the Takarazuka Line for Takarazuka and Minoo on one island platform between Tracks 2 and 3, and from the Takarazuka Line for Umeda to the Kyoto Line for Kyoto (Kawaramachi, Arashiyama) and Kita-Senri on another island platform between Tracks 4 and 5. The platforms are connected by two transfer concourses, one elevated and one underground. The east gate connects directly to platform 6 while the west gate connects directly to platform 1.^[1] Several shops and restaurants serving transferring passengers are located inside the station.

There is a returning track in the south of the station between the Kobe Line and the Takarazuka Line. The track is used for the trains for the Kobe Line and the Takarazuka Line running to and from Shojaku Workshop for maintenance, and for seasonal trains running between Kobe or Takarazuka and Arashiyama via the Kobe Line and the Kyoto Line.^{[citation needed]}

1	■ Kobe Line	for Nishinomiya-kitaguchi, Kobe (Kobe-sannomiya, Shinkaichi) and Nigawa
2	■ Kobe Line	for Osaka-umeda (Local trains stop at Nakatsu)
3	■ Takarazuka Line	for Takarazuka, Ishibashi handai-mae, Minoo, Kawanishi-noseguchi and the Nose Railway line (Nissei Chūō)
4	■ Takarazuka Line	for Osaka-umeda (Semi-express trains and local trains stop at Nakatsu)
5	■ Kyoto Line	for Takatsuki-shi, Kyoto-kawaramachi, Arashiyama and Kita-Senri
6	■ Kyoto Line	to Osaka-umeda (No trains stop at Nakatsu)

Tracks 1-2 (Kobe Line)
Tracks 1-2 (Kobe Line)
Tracks 3-4 (Takarazuka Line)
Tracks 3-4 (Takarazuka Line)
Tracks 5-6 (Kyoto Line)
Tracks 5-6 (Kyoto Line)

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Kobe Main Line
Nakatsu (HK-02)	Local	Kanzakigawa (HK-04)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Semi-Express (from Takarazuka to Osaka-umeda via the Imazu Line)	Tsukaguchi (HK-06)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Express Commuter Express	Tsukaguchi (HK-06)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Limited Express	Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi (HK-08)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Commutation Limited Express Semi limited Express	Tsukaguchi (HK-06)
Takarazuka Main Line
Nakatsu (HK-02)	Local	Mikuni (HK-41)
Nakatsu (HK-02)	Semi-Express (from Takarazuka to Osaka-umeda via Ishibashi)	Sone (HK-44)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Express	Toyonaka (HK-46)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Commutation Limited Express (from Kawanishi-Noseguchi to Osaka-umeda)	Toyonaka (HK-46)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Limited Express (Nissei Express)	Ishibashi handai-mae (HK-48)
Kyoto Main Line
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Local	Minamikata (HK-61)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Semi-Express	Minamikata (HK-61)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Express	Awaji (HK-63)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Limited Express Semi limited Express Rapid Limited Express "Kyo-Train Garaku", "Sagano"	Awaji (HK-63)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)	Commuter Limited Express	Ibaraki-shi (HK-69)

History

The station opened on 10 March 1910, as a stop on the Minoo-Arima Railway (today's Takarazuka Line).^[2] The Kobe Line was added in 1920. In 1921, the North Osaka Electric Railway began service between Juso and Senriyama; this line was acquired by the Keihan Electric Railway and was extended from Awaji Station to both Kyoto and central Osaka. Keihan and Hankyu merged in 1943, bringing all of Juso's lines under common ownership. While Keihan was again spun off as a separate company in 1949, Hankyu retained the Juso-Kyoto and Senriyama lines. Juso served as the terminal of the Kyoto Main Line until 1959, when the line was extended to Umeda.^[3]

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-03.^[4]

References

^ "十三" (PDF). Hankyu Electric Railway. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ 曽根, 悟 (October 2010). "週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線大手私鉄" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.
^ Sugiyama, Junichi (27 July 2013). "阪急梅田～十三間の3複線区間、京都本線だけ中津駅がない理由". Mynavi News. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ "「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.