Miki Station
Native name三木駅
Address1-35, Suehiro 1-chome, Miki-shi, Hyōgo-ken 673-0403
CountryJapan
Coordinates34.799709°N 134.981517°E
Operator Kobe Electric Railway
LineAo Line
Distance19.3 km from
Platforms2 side platforms
CodeKB53
WebsiteOfficial website
Opened28 January 1938
FormerMiki-Fukuyubashi
→ Dentetsu Miki (until 1988)
Passengers852
Pass yearFY2019

Miki Station (三木駅, Miki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). There was a station with the same name on the Miki Railway Miki Line which ended operation on March 31, 2008, and abandoned the next day.

Lines

Miki Station is served by the Ao Line and is 19.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and is 26.8 kilometers from and 27.2 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

History

Miki Station opened on January 28, 1938, as Miki-Fukuyubashi Station (三木福有橋駅). It was renamed Dentetsu Miki Station (電鉄三木駅) on January 1, 1954, and renamed again to its present name on April 1, 1988.

On March 4, 2018, at around 6 p.m. (local time), fire from a neighboring two-story house spread to the station. Both structures were destroyed in the blaze.[1][2] The southward part of the station closed temporarily on the next day before reopened on March 9.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 852 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

  • Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine
  • Hyogo Prefectural Miki High School
  • Miki Municipal Miki Junior High School
  • Miki City Miki Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ "神戸電鉄 三木駅 駅舎全焼 隣接住宅の１人連絡取れず". NHK. March 4, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04.
  2. ^ "Body found in Hyogo house where blaze that gutted train station started". The Japan Times Online. 2018-03-05. Archived 2018-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. ^ "神鉄三木駅火災　粟生線９日午前から通常ダイヤに" (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. March 8, 2018. Archived June 22, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "ja:􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父市統計書" [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.