Welcome to “Nishinomiya Railroad Crossings,” a casual little series introducing railroad crossings around Nishinomiya.
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For our second installment, we’re introducing the “railroad crossing that barely ever closes” at Hankyu Shukugawa Station.
Here it is↓↓
This is the crossing by the north ticket gate at Hankyu Shukugawa Station.
It branches off from the Koyoen Line.
Since this path leads to the north ticket gate for the Osaka-bound platform at Shukugawa Station, there is indeed a proper railroad crossing here.
If you go that way, you’ll reach the Kobe Line.
Trains almost never pass through here, so it pretty much stays open all the time.
That said, I once happened to catch it right when the crossing gates were closing.
