Daikai Station
Daikai Station (大開駅, Daikai-eki, station number: HS 37) is a train station on the Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was the first underground structure not crossing an active fault that has completely collapsed during an earthquake without liquefaction of the surrounding soil and was well-documented.
Daikai 大開 | |
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General information | |
Owned by | Kobe Rapid Transit Railway |
Operated by | Hanshin Electric Railway |
Line(s) | Kobe Kosoku Line |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | HS37 |
History | |
Opened | April 7, 1968 |
Rebuilt | January 18, 1995 – January 17, 1996 |
Layout
The Daikai Station consists of three main sections: the main section of the station, the subway tunnels section and the station access section.[1] The location of the station is made up of 2 meter thick man made fill, around 5 meter thick Holocene alluvial deposits, and several kilometers of Pleistocene deposits.[1]
History
The station opened on 7 April 1968.[2]
Damage to the station was caused by the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 in which the station collapsed.[3]
Station numbering was introduced on 1 April 2014.[4]
Adjacent stations
« | Service | » | ||
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Hanshin Railway Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 37) | ||||
Shinkaichi (HS 36) | Sanyo Local | Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38) | ||
Shinkaichi (HS 36) | Hanshin Local | Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38) | ||
Shinkaichi (HS 36) | Hanshin Limited Express | Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38) | ||
Shinkaichi (HS 36) | S Limited Express | Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38) | ||
Shinkaichi (HS 36) | Through Limited Express (yellow marking) | Kōsoku Nagata (HS 38) | ||
Through Limited Express (red marking): Does not stop at this station |
References
- Srbulov, Milutin (2011-06-17). Practical Soil Dynamics: Case Studies in Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering. ISBN 9789400713123.
- 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Shimbun. 2012. p. 206. ISBN 9784343006745.
- "阪神大震災 被災と復旧の記録(5)神戸高速鉄道" [Record of Great Hanshin Earthquake Damage and Restoration (5) Kobe Rapid Transit]. 鉄道ファン (in Japanese). 36: 71–75. December 1996.
- "阪神「三宮」を「神戸三宮」に駅名変更のうえ、駅ナンバリングを導入し、全てのお客さまに分かりやすい駅を目指します" [After changing the station name from Hanshin "Sannomiya" to "Kobe Sannomiya" Introduced station numbering, Aiming for a station that is easy for all customers to understand] (PDF). hanshin.co.jp (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 10 January 2022.