History
Kōroen Station opened on 1 April 1907 with the Hanshin Main Line, in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, and was named after the Kōroen amusement park founded that year by Osaka merchants Kurakichi Kōno and Kiichi Hazeyama. The station was rebuilt as an elevated station in stages on 30 May 1998 (down line) and 3 March 2001 (up line), and on the same day in 2001 the official Japanese name was changed from 香枦園 to 香櫨園, matching the original spelling of the amusement park. The Great Hanshin earthquake of 17 January 1995 closed the station, with full Kobe-area Hanshin service restored by 26 June 1995. Station number HS-18 was introduced on 1 April 2014.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The elevated platforms straddle the Shukugawa River, and a small fenced "observation deck" above the water lets passengers look out at the cherry-tree-lined banks of Shukugawa Park.