Inano Station

Inano Station
Inano Station
	Station building
General information
Location	1 Chome Inanocho, Itami, Hyogo 664-0861, Japan
Owned by	Hankyu Railway
Line(s)	Hankyū Itami Line
Platforms	Ground Station
Other information
Station code	HK 18
History
Opened	May 10, 1921
Passengers
2016	8,383 people/day

Inano Station (稲野駅, Inano-eki) is a Hankyu railway station in Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The station number is HK-18. Prior to opening, the station was temporarily called Itamiguchi (伊丹口).[1]

History

1921 (Taishō 10)
- May 10 – Hanshin Express Railway (Later Hanlyu Electric Railway) opened between Tsukaguchi Station and Itami Station on the Itami Line.[2]
1995 (Heisei 7)
- January 17 – Itami Station was damaged by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and all lines were suspended.
- January 21 – Service of stations between Tsukaguchi and Itami stations were restored.
2013 (Heisei 25)
- December 21 – Station numbering was introduced.

Station structure

Inano station is an above-ground station with two opposite platforms on both sides. It is classified as a stop due to the lack of railroad switch or railway signals.

Station building and ticket gates are located at the south end of the station (near Tsukaguchi) for each platform.[3] Since there is no overpass connecting each platform inside the ticket gate, it is required to go through the railroad crossing outside of the ticket gates, which are adjacent to the station building.

Although internal railroad crossings were installed previously, crossings for passengers were removed due to Hankyu Corporation's policy. Therefore, if you enter the station by mistake, you will have to tell the station staff for you to exit. However, since there is no station staff at the ticket gate of the Tsukaguchi-bound platform, you will need to use the intercom near the ticket gate to summon a station staff.

Restrooms are located near the ticket gate on the Itami-bound platform, and the Tsukaguchi-bound platform has a waiting room and vending machine for soft drinks.

In 2007, construction near the ticket gates was carried out on both platforms, and the slopes were renovated along with toilets. There was a temporary entrance for passengers at the ticket gate for Itami, but it was left unused for years. The current restroom was relocated to the place where this entrance had been.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Itami Line
Tsukaguchi		-	Shin-Itami

References

Hankyu World Complete Works 4 (in Japanese). Hankyu Corporation Communication Division. 2001. pp. 70, 86. ISBN 4-89485-051-6.
Sone, Satoru (2010). Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). pp. 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.
Hyogo Railway All Stations Private Railways/Public Railways (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun General Publishing Center. December 10, 2012. p. 84. ISBN 9784343006745.

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[1] Hankyu World Complete Works 4 (in Japanese). Hankyu Corporation Communication Division. 2001. pp. 70, 86. ISBN 4-89485-051-6.

[2] Sone, Satoru (2010). Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). pp. 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.

[3] Hyogo Railway All Stations Private Railways/Public Railways (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun General Publishing Center. December 10, 2012. p. 84. ISBN 9784343006745.