Nakatsu Station (Hankyu)

Nakatsu Station (中津駅, Nakatsu-eki) is a railway station in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan on the Hankyu Kobe Line and the Hankyu Takarazuka Line, and is operated by Hankyu Railway. While situated relatively close to the station of the same name on the Midosuji Line, there are no free transfers between the two stations. In past, there was a car stop on the Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line in the west side of this station on the Hankyu Railway lines.

Nakatsu Station 中津駅
Takarazuka Line platform
Location	Nakatsu Sanchōme, Kita, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市北区中津3丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°42′35.05″N 135°29′34.76″E
Operated by	Hankyu Corporation
Line(s)	Kōbe Main Line Takarazuka Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	HK-02
History
Opened	1925

Layout

The station consists of four tracks and two island platforms, each serving one line. Trains of the Kyoto Line run alongside the Kobe Line and the Takarazuka Line, but do not stop at Nakatsu. Officially the tracks for Kyoto Line are treated as express tracks for Takarazuka Line.

1	■ Kobe Line	for Nishinomiya-kitaguchi and Kobe (Kobe Sannomiya, Kosoku Kobe, Shinkaichi) (Change trains at Juso for Kyoto-kawaramachi and Kita-Senri)
2	■ Kobe Line	Osaka-umeda
3	■ Takarazuka Line	for Kawanishi-Noseguchi, Takarazuka and Minoo (Change trains at Juso for Kyoto-kawaramachi and Kita-Senri)
4	■ Takarazuka Line	Osaka-umeda
5	■ Kyoto Line	Passing track (to Kyoto-kawaramachi and Kita-Senri)
6	■ Kyoto Line	Passing track (to Osaka-umeda)

History

Nakatsu Station 中津駅
Location	Nakatsu, Kita, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市北区中津） Japan
Operated by	Hanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)	Kita-Osaka Line
History
Opened	1914
Closed	1975

• August 3, 1914 - Nakatsu Station on the Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line opened.
• November 4, 1925 - Nakatsu Station on the Hanshin Kyuko Railway (present: Hankyu) lines opened.
• September 5, 1926 - The Hanshin Kyuko Railway lines from Umeda to Juso were elevated. Nakatsu Station became an elevated station serving 4 tracks, 2 tracks for one line.
• May 6, 1975 - The Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line was abolished.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hankyu Corporation
Kyōto Main Line
All services: Does not stop at this station
Kōbe Main Line
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)		Local		Jūsō (HK-03)
Semi-Express (Osaka-umeda-bound only): Does not stop at this station
Commuter Express: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Commuter Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Takarazuka Main Line
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)		Local		Jūsō (HK-03)
Osaka-umeda (HK-01)		Semi-Express (Osaka-umeda-bound only)		Juso (HK-03)
Express: Does not stop at this station
Commuter Limited Express (Osaka-umeda-bound only): Does not stop at this station
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station

Past line

«		Service	»
Hanshin Railway Kita-Osaka Line
Higashi-Oyodo		-	Kitano