The JR Tōzai Line ( JR東西線 , Jei-āru Tōzai-sen ) is one of several commuter rail lines and services in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area , operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line, whose name literally means "east-west", runs underground through central Osaka and connects the Gakkentoshi Line at Kyobashi Station in Osaka and the JR Takarazuka Line and the JR Kobe Line at Amagasaki . All stations on this line are in the city of Osaka, except for the western terminus in Amagasaki , Hyōgo Prefecture .
7-591: All trains are local services and stop at every station on the line. Some trains terminate at Amagasaki, but most westbound trains continue on the Kobe Line to Nishi-Akashi and on the Takarazuka Line to Tsukaguchi and Takarazuka . All eastbound trains continue past Kyobashi on the Gakkentoshi Line. The line was initially proposed in 1971 by Japanese National Railways (JNR) as a link between
14-575: A pedestrian overpass located above a public road. As the overpass to the regular platform is inaccessible from the south entrance to the station, passengers are allowed to access it via the Shinkansen side of the station. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. In order to better serve passengers with different needs, escalators and elevators are located in the following areas: The San'yō Shinkansen has two elevated opposed side platforms . There are two pass-through lines between
21-440: A single-seat ride from the suburbs and an east-west connection through central Osaka. A permit to lay the track was given 10 years later, but the project stopped because of JNR's financial problems. In 1988, after JNR privatized and split into Japan Railway companies, West Japan Railway Company formed a private-public entity called Kansai Rapid Railway Co., Ltd. ( 関西高速鉄道株式会社 , Kansai kōsoku tetsudō kabushiki gaisha ) with
28-782: The ICOCA , Suica , PiTaPa , TOICA and SUGOCA can all be used on the San'yō Main Line (they can not be used for Shinkansen service). Nishi-Akashi Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line , and is located 22.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and 55.9 kilometers from Osaka . On the San'yō Shinkansen , the station is 59.7 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 612.3 kilometers from Tokyo . The Shinkansen and regular train platforms are located some distance from each other, and are connected by
35-506: The Katamachi Line , which connected Osaka to its eastern suburbs, and Fukuchiyama Line , which connected the city to its northwestern suburbs. Osaka's municipal government had maintained tight controls over transportation within the city, and most intercity lines terminated outside the city center. The line, provisionally known as Katafuku Line ( 片福線 , Kata- from Kata machi, -fuku from Fuku chiyama) , and would give commuters
42-474: The prefectural governments of Osaka and Hyōgo , and the cities of Osaka and Amagasaki . The line was completed and opened as JR Tozai Line in 1997. Nishi-Akashi Station Nishi-Akashi Station ( 西明石駅 , Nishi-Akashi-eki ) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo , Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). As part of the Urban Network ,
49-572: The two platforms as well, allowing trains to go through the station without stopping. The San'yō Main Line ( JR Kōbe Line ) has three island platforms which can handle six trains simultaneously. Nishi-Akashi station opened on 1 April 1944. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. Station numbering
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