Tsukamoto Station

Tsukamoto 塚本
Platforms
General information
Line(s)	JR Kobe Line JR Fukuchiyama Line
Platforms	2 Side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	JR-A48  (Kobe Line) JR-G48 (Fukuchiyama Line)

Tsukamoto Station (塚本駅, Tsukamoto-eki) is a train station on the Tōkaidō Line in Tsukamoto Nichome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Line

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  • Tōkaidō Line (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line)

Facilities

Station and wye layout
↑Amagasaki Miyahara→ Platforms ↓Ōsaka
from "塚本駅#デルタ線" on Wikipedia in Japanese

This station has two elevated island platforms with four tracks. Tracks 1 and 4 are fenced as all trains running on the outer tracks pass through this station without stopping.

1	■ Passing trains only
2	■ JR Kyōto Line	for Osaka, Shin-Ōsaka, Takatsuki and Kyōto
3	■ JR Kōbe Line	for Sannomiya and Himeji / (JR Takarazuka Line) for Takarazuka
4	■ Passing trains only

• This station is an intermediate station on the "JR Kobe Line". However, the only direction for Sannomiya and Takarazuka is informed as the "JR Kobe Line" and the opposite direction (for Osaka and Kyoto) as the "JR Kyoto Line".
• Rapid services and some Fukuchiyama Line local trains originating and terminating at Osaka pass the following tracks of this station.
  • Outer tracks - special rapid services, JR Takarazuka Line rapid services, JR Kobe Line rapid services (in the morning), Fukuchiyama Line local trains originating and terminating at Osaka
  • Inner tracks - JR Kobe Line rapid services (except above)

Wye

A wye is located in the north of Tsukamoto Station, connecting to Miyahara Depot on the Hoppo Freight Line. The wye is treated as a part of the facilities of this station.

On the eastbound tracks, the first entering signal is located at the branch of the Hoppo Freight Line, the second is in the wye, the third is at the junction of the track from Miyahara, then the fourth is in the north of the platform for Osaka and Shin-Osaka. The departure signal is located in the south of the platform.

On the westbound tracks, the signal in the south of the platform for Amagasaki is not the entering signal but block signal 0. The entering signal is located in the north of the platform and the track branches off to Miyahara, then after passing several block signals in the wye, the departure signal is at the junction of the Hoppo Freight Line.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Tōkaidō Line (JR Kobe Line)
Osaka (JR-A47)		Local trains		Amagasaki (JR-A49)
Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
through to and from the Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line)
Osaka (JR-A47)		Local trains (through to and from the JR Kyoto Line)		Amagasaki (JR-G49)
Local trains (originating from and terminating at Osaka): Does not stop at this station
Regional Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Tambaji Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station

History

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Tsukamoto being assigned station number JR-A48 for the JR Kobe Line and JR-G48 for the Fukuchiyama Line.^[1][2]

References

1. "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
2. "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

34°42′45.29″N 135°28′7.96″E