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Aikawa Station (Osaka)

Railway station in Osaka, Japan

34°45′29″N 135°32′02″E / 34.75794°N 135.53387°E / 34.75794; 135.53387Operated byHankyu RailwayLine(s)Hankyu Kyoto Main LineTracks4ConstructionStructure typeElevatedAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeHK-65HistoryOpened28 January 1916

Aikawa Station (相川駅, Aikawa-eki) is a railway station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Layout

The station has 2 elevated island platforms, serving 2 tracks each. Local trains for Takatsuki-shi arrive at Line 1 during the non-rush hour to let Kyoto-bound limited express trains pass Line 2.

1, 2	■ Kyoto Line	for Takatsuki-shi and Kyoto (Kawaramachi)
3, 4	■ Kyoto Line	for Umeda, Tengachaya, Kita-Senri, Kobe, and Takarazuka

History

Aikawa Station opened on 28 January 1916.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-65.^[2]

Stations next to Aikawa

«		Service	»
Kami-Shinjō (HK-64)		Local		Shōjaku (HK-66)
Others: Does not stop at this station

References

^ 生田, 誠 (2013). 阪急京都線・千里線街と駅の1世紀 [Hankyu Kyoto Line / Senri Line 1st century of town and station] (in Japanese). Japan: Sairyūsha. ISBN 978-4779117268.
^ "「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.