Settsu-Motoyama Station

Settsu-Motoyama Station (摂津本山駅) is a passenger railway station located in  Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines
Settsu-Motoyama Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), and is located 578.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo and 22.1 kilometers from Osaka.

Station layout
The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building; however, only the inner tracks are used, with the outer tracks reserved for passing express trains. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History
Settsu-Motoyama Station opened on 25 December 1935. 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 to the station in March 2018 with Settsu-Motoyama being assigned station number JR-A56.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 22,028 passengers daily

Surrounding area

 * Konan University
 * Okamoto Station (Hyōgo) - 4 minutes walk.
 * Kobe Pharmaceutical University
 * Okamoto Bairin Park