Yamamoto (Hyogo)

History

Yamamoto Station opened on 10 March 1910, the day the Minoo-Arima Electric Tramway (later Hankyu Railway) Takarazuka Line began service, making it one of the oldest stations on the Hankyu network. A separate Hirai Station opened on the same line on 23 October of the same year. The two stations were consolidated on 1 September 1944, with the merged station placed slightly closer to the former Hirai site but retaining the Yamamoto name; at residents' request, "Hirai" was kept as a parenthetical subname. The station building was moved underground on 1 August 1989 in connection with the development of the Takarazuka Yamatedai residential area. The station became a limited-express stop on 4 June 2000, and from the 30 August 2003 revision all trains began stopping. Station numbering (HK-52) was introduced on 21 December 2013.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-24.

Notes

Yamamoto opened with platforms long enough for only two-car trains; for a time, three-car services skipped the station entirely, and even two-car services only stopped if a passenger requested it. A plaque marking the old Yamamoto site is still embedded in a private home's block-wall along the road.