Bishōen Station

Bishōen Station (美章園駅) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The station opened on 3 June 1931.

Layout
This station has two elevated side platforms serving a track each.

Surroundings

 * Koboreguchi Station (Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line)
 * Super-Sanko Bishoen
 * Meijo Gakuin High School
 * Osaka Girl's Senior High School
 * Osaka Prefectural Tennoji High School
 * Osaka City Kogei Senior High School
 * Osaka College of Art (The Group of Osaka University of Arts)

Bus route

 * Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Bishoen)
 * Route 6 for Abenobashi / for Sunjiyata via Shirasagi Koen-mae

History

 * 3 June 1931 - Bishoen Station opened on the Hanwa Railway Line between Hanwa Tennoji and Minami-Tanabe stations.
 * 1 December 1940 - Hanwa Railway was consolidated by Nankai Railway and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Nankai Railway Yamate Line.
 * 1 May 1944 - The Nankai Railway Yamate Line was nationalized and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Japanese National Railways Hanwa Line.
 * 14 February 1945 - The station was closed after Abeno-ku was bombed by Boeing B-29 of the US Forces.
 * 15 April 1947 - The station was reopened.
 * 1958 - The renovation of the station was started.
 * 13 May 1958 - The renovation of the station was completed.
 * August 1969 - The west gate was situated.
 * 1 April 1987 - JNR was privatized and Bishoen Station became a train station operated by West Japan Railway Company.
 * March 2018 - Station numbering was introduced with Bishōen being assigned station number JR-R21.