History
Bōeki Center Station opened on 5 February 1981 as part of the original Port Liner alignment from Sannomiya to Port Island. Built directly above National Route 2 in Chūō-ku, Kobe, it has a single elevated island platform with two tracks and an underground passage was added between the surrounding sidewalks. Service was suspended on 17 January 1995 by the Great Hanshin earthquake; the Sannomiya-Nakakōen segment that includes this stop reopened on 31 July 1995. Further line-wide shutdowns followed on 20-21 November 2004 and 10-11 September 2005 to allow track switching during the Kobe Airport extension. An elevator was installed inside the station on 30 March 2018.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
The station sits next to Japan's shortest national highway, Route 174, which links the surrounding district with Kobe Port.