title: Tanikawa Station
text: # Tanikawa Station
  
  Tanikawa Station (谷川駅, Tanikawa-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tamba, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Tanikawa Station is served by the Fukuchiyama Line, and is located 73.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Amagasaki. It is also the northern terminus of the Kakogawa Line, and is 48.5 kilometers from the opposing terminus of that line at Kakogawa.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one ground level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. One side of the island platform is dead headed, and is used by the Kakogawa Line. This platform is unnumbered. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Fukuchiyama Line | for Fukuchiyama |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Fukuchiyama Line | for Sasayamaguchi and Sanda |
  | | ■ Kakogawa Line | for Nishiwakishi, Kakogawa |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | « | Service | » | » |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Fukuchiyama Line |||||
  | Shimotaki | | Local | | Kaibara |
  | Shimotaki | | Tambaji Rapid Service | | Kaibara |
  | Kakogawa Line |||||
  | Kugemura | Kugemura | - | Terminus | Terminus |
  
  ## History
  
  Tanikawa Station opened on May 25, 1899. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 453 passengers daily
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Tamba City Kushita Elementary School
  