History
Nishinada Station opened on 1 July 1927 between Ōishi and Iwaya on the Hanshin Main Line, simultaneously with the opening of the Hanshin Kokudō Light Railway (later the Hanshin Kokudō Line) tramway that ran beneath the line on National Route 2; until 1974 the station served as a transfer point between the two, though the tracks were never connected. The Kokudō Line was withdrawn in two stages, with the segment past Nishinada closing on 14 December 1969 and the remainder on 17 March 1974, leaving Nishinada a Main-Line-only station. Following the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on 17 January 1995 the station was temporarily closed; service resumed in stages and the present elevated station building was fully restored on 22 June 1995. Station numbering (HS 29) was introduced on 1 April 2014.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Between 1991 and 1998, all Sanyō Electric Railway trains through-running onto the Hanshin Main Line (including locals) passed through Nishinada without stopping, partly because of the gap in starting acceleration between Sanyō rolling stock and the Hanshin "Jet Car" locals. From 1936 to 1984 a separate Nishinada Station also existed on the Hankyū Kobe Main Line; it was renamed Ōji-kōen Station in June 1984. The two opposing side platforms can accommodate six 19 m Hanshin cars, but no scheduled six-car services currently stop here.