Nada Station

Nada Station (灘駅) 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.

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)