History
Naka Koen Station opened on 5 February 1981 with the Kobe New Transit Port Island Line. Sited on reclaimed Port Island in Chūō-ku, it is the only station on the line with three platforms across three tracks, owing to its location at the junction where the southern single-track loop rejoins the double-track section back to Sannomiya. Service was suspended after the 17 January 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake and restored in stages between 22 May and 31 July 1995. The Port Liner's 2006 extension to Kobe Airport prompted the construction of an east concourse and a new platform, opened progressively from November 2004 to 2 February 2006, leaving the original west and the new east buildings linked by an internal walkway.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Naka Koen is the only three-platform station on the Port Liner; the layout exists because the loop's single-track southern arm rejoins the double-track main section here on the way back to Sannomiya.