Timetable information
Weekday departures: 237/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 261/day in the available timetable data
Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:20 / 24:05 (00:05 next day)
Busiest hour in the available data: 8:00–9:00 (17)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.
The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.
Lines where the timetable data is complete: Kobe Kosoku Tozai Line
Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:
- Kobe Kosoku Tozai Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines
Adjacent stations
- Kobe Kosoku Tozai Line: Hanakuma ⇄ Shinkaichi
- Kobe Kosoku Tozai Line: Shinkaichi
Location
History
Kōsoku Kōbe Station opened on 7 April 1968 with the inauguration of the Kobe Rapid Transit Railway's East-West Line, which linked the Hanshin and Hankyu networks through central Kobe. The infrastructure is owned by Kobe Rapid Transit as a Category-3 operator, while Hanshin and Hankyu run trains over it as Category-2 operators; the station's commercial operation is handled by Hanshin. The Sanyo Electric Railway withdrew its Category-2 service on 1 October 2010, although through trains continued. The station was damaged in the 17 January 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake; the Motomachi–Kōsoku Kōbe section reopened on 1 February 1995. Station numbering was introduced on 1 April 2014. The two island platforms with four tracks lie underground and connect to Kobe Station via the Duo Kobe shopping arcade.
Notes
The station was originally planned as a unified Kōbe Sōgō terminal jointly with the present Shinkaichi Station, but budget constraints split the project into two adjacent underground stations.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 本屋 · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18