title: Nada Station
text: # Nada Station
  
  Nada Station (灘駅, Nada-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Nada Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), and is located 584.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo and 28.2 kilometers from Osaka.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building; however, only the inner tracks are normally used, with the outer tracks reserved for passing express trains except during peak commuting hours. The station is staffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ JR Kobe Line | passing trains |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ JR Kobe Line | for Amagasaki, Osaka and Kyoto for Kitashinchi and Shijonawate via the JR Tozai Line |
  | 3 | ■ JR Kobe Line | for Sannomiya and Kakogawa |
  | 4 | ■ JR Kobe Line | passing trains |
  
  ## History
  
  Nada Station opened on 1 December 1917. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
  
  Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Nada being assigned station number JR-A60.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,677 passengers daily
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Kobe Municipal Oji Zoo
  * Kobe Literature Museum
  * Kobe Municipal Oji Sports Center (including Oji Stadium)
  * BB Plaza Museum of Art
  * Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
  * WHO Kobe Center and the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (which houses a museum commemorating the Great Hanshin Earthquake)
  