Yamamoto (Hyogo)

Weekday departures: 221/day · Sat & holiday departures: 207/day

First / last train (weekday): 0:18 / 24:11

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (14)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Hankyū Takarazuka Main Line: Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki ⇄ Nakayama-kannon

Yamamoto Station opened on 10 March 1910, the day the Minoo-Arima Electric Tramway (later Hankyu Railway) Takarazuka Line began service, making it one of the oldest stations on the Hankyu network. A separate Hirai Station opened on the same line on 23 October of the same year. The two stations were consolidated on 1 September 1944, with the merged station placed slightly closer to the former Hirai site but retaining the Yamamoto name; at residents' request, "Hirai" was kept as a parenthetical subname. The station building was moved underground on 1 August 1989 in connection with the development of the Takarazuka Yamatedai residential area. The station became a limited-express stop on 4 June 2000, and from the 30 August 2003 revision all trains began stopping. Station numbering (HK-52) was introduced on 21 December 2013.

Yamamoto opened with platforms long enough for only two-car trains; for a time, three-car services skipped the station entirely, and even two-car services only stopped if a passenger requested it. A plaque marking the old Yamamoto site is still embedded in a private home's block-wall along the road.