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.

Miki Station

三木駅
Miki Station, March 2018
General information
Location1-35, Suehiro 1-chome, Miki-shi, Hyōgo-ken 673-0403
Japan
Coordinates34°47′59″N 134°58′53″E / 34.799709°N 134.981517°E / 34.799709; 134.981517
Operated by Kobe Electric Railway
Line(s) Ao Line
Distance19.3 km from Suzurandai
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
Other information
Station codeKB53
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened28 January 1938 (1938-01-28)
Previous namesMiki-Fukuyubashi
→ Dentetsu Miki (until 1988)
Passengers
FY2019852
Location
Miki Station is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Miki Station
Miki Station
Location within Hyōgo Prefecture
Miki Station is located in Japan
Miki Station
Miki Station
Miki Station (Japan)

Lines

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

Station layout

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

Platforms

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1    Ao Line for Ono and Ao
2    Ao Line for Shijimi, Minatogawa and Shinkaichi

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Shintetsu Ao Line
Miki Uenomaru   Express   Omura
Miki Uenomaru   Semi-Express   Omura
Miki Uenomaru   Local   Omura

History

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Damage caused by the fire at the station.

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

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

Surrounding area

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

See also

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References

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  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 from the original on 2018-03-05. 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". Kobe Shimbun (in Japanese). March 8, 2018. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  4. ^ 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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