Shin‐Kobe Station, Railway station in Chuo-ku district, Kobe, Japan.
Shin-Kobe is a railway station in Chūō-ku district of Kobe, Japan, serving both Shinkansen high-speed trains and the municipal subway. The Shinkansen level has two side platforms for two tracks, wedged between Rokko and Kobe mountain tunnels.
The station opened on March 15, 1972, as part of the Sanyo Shinkansen line, connecting Kobe to the national high-speed network. An underground level was added in 1985 when the Kobe Municipal Subway began service.
The station serves as a gateway to Mount Rokko hiking trails and Nunobiki Falls, accessible via a ropeway that departs right beside the platform. Visitors often use this connection to head straight into nature after arriving on the high-speed train.
Travelers from Tokyo can reach the station in around 160 minutes on Nozomi trains or roughly 195 minutes using Hikari services. The station sits on the northern edge of the city center, so onward travel to downtown Kobe usually requires taking the subway.
The platforms sit in a very tight section squeezed directly between two long mountain tunnels. This design was necessary to navigate the steep terrain in this region.
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