History
Mukogawa Station opened on 12 April 1905 with the original Hanshin Main Line, initially placed on the Amagasaki bank of the Mukogawa river. After 1920s flood-control river-widening the station was moved in 1935 onto a bridge over the river itself, which is why its east and west entrances lie in different cities — Amagasaki and Nishinomiya. The Mukogawa Line opened from here in 1943 to Suzaki, was extended in 1944 to Mukoōhashi, briefly suspended for passenger service after 1946 and partially restored from 1948. Station numbering HS-12 was introduced on 1 April 2014, and in spring 2020 the Main Line platforms were extended 40 m for eight-car Kintetsu rolling stock.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station's east and west entrances lie in different municipalities — Amagasaki and Nishinomiya — because the platforms span the Mukogawa river bridge.