Railways

A photo collection of the Great Hanshin Earthquake : seen through the eyes of a postgraduate student
ShindoHiroyuki: Photography

Railways

Rails bent into an S shape : Down line track: [go Photograph]
For the time being, all trains from the west go only as far as Suma.: [#1] [#2]
Houses and buildings in the Suma area: [go Photograph]
At this time, the dismantling of JR Rokkomichi Station had just begun : (Photo shows the platform roof being demolished) : It was reported that the schedule for restoration could not yet be predicted.: [#1] [#2]
There was no choice but to take an alternate route to school : First, from JR Akashi Station to JR Kakogawa Station, then transfer to the Kakogawa line... : The photo shows a train on the Kakogawa line waiting to depart.: [go Photograph]
Transferring to the Kobe Electric Railway line at Ao Station... : The photo shows a local train headed for Kobe Electric Railway Shijimi Station.: [go Photograph]
Depending on the time zone, I would sometimes transfer at Shijimi Station to the train headed for Suzurandai... : The train in the photo is a local train that shuttled back and forth to Suzurandai.: [go Photograph]
Transferring to the Hokushin Express Electric Railway at Tanigami... : The photo shows a local train headed for Hokushin Express Shin Kobe Station.: [go Photograph]
My alternate school route at this time was to take two Kobe City bus lines from Shin Kobe to Rokko Tozanguchi, then to walk from there to Kobe University : The photo shows a truck bringing relief materials.: [go Photograph]
The route home was the opposite of that described above : Whereas it took about one hour to get to school by the usual route, this route took 4-5 hours each way.: [go Photograph]
For some time, there were only local trains headed to Kobe Station.: [go Photograph]
A house that collapsed onto the up line track.: [go Photograph]
By linking together the appropriate, usable tracks, the section between Suma and Hyogo Stations was opened for service.: [go Photograph]
Passing by a Series 12 passenger car that had overturned in the Takatori Switchyard.: [go Photograph]
Heading into the provisional Takatori Station... : The up line platform was a temporary one, while the down line platform was the original platform.: [go Photograph]
Passing through the burnt remains of Nagata-ku, Kobe-city: [go Photograph]
Passing through the totally demolished Shin Nagata Station... : You can see the undulation of the road bed.: [#1] [#2]
Crossing over again to the cargo-train down line near Shin Nagata... : Shin Nagata Station being demolished can be seen in the center background of the photo.: [go Photograph]
The passenger-train line weaves through the cargo down line... : What's more, the down line trains in this section used the Wadamisaki connecting line : Photo shows a down line train on this connecting line: [go Photograph]
Crossing once again to the inner-side down line (the passenger-train down line)... : The down line trains crossed from the outer-side down line to the Wadamisaki connecting line.: [go Photograph]
The train finally returned to the original inner-side down line... : A down line train crossing from the inner-side down line to the outer-side down line.: [go Photograph]
Arriving at Hyogo Station : The next station down line from Hyogo Station...Takatori?: [go Photograph]
Nada Station and a Mainichi Broadcast van on the day that the JR line was opened as far as Nada.: [go Photograph]
The following 11 shots were taken from the leading car on the local up-line train showing the conditions of the newly opened section between JR Kobe and Nada : First, heading into Kobe Station.: [go Photograph]
While stopped at Kobe Station, the points were changed to allow the train to pass from the inner-side up line to the inner-side down line.: [#1] [#2]
Arriving at Motomachi Station on the inner-side down line : A provisional platform had been constructed on the inner-side up line.: [#1] [#2]
Passing a down-line local train running on the outer-side down line... : On the left side is the elevation between Hankyu Sannomiya and Hanakuma under construction.: [go Photograph]
Sannomiya straight ahead... : The part of the platform that crossed over Flower Road had been removed.: [go Photograph]
Arriving at Sannomiya Station (I hadn't been able to make it as far as this station for five weeks) : Motomachi Station also had a provisional platform constructed on the inner-side up line.: [go Photograph]
Approaching the temporary rail terminal at Nada Station... : Returning to the inner-side up line.: [go Photograph]
A local train leaving from the outer-side down line platform of Nada Station : At this time, the down-line trains (local, express) used the outer-side down line from Nada to Hyogo : Ordinarily, these trains use the inner-side down line.: [go Photograph]
Arriving at Nada, the terminal station : The up-line trains arrive at the up-line platform inner side, and the down-line trains depart from both sides of the down-line platform : Notice the provisional platform constructed on the outer side of the up-line platform: [go Photograph]
A provisional platform had been constructed on the up line at Hankyu Oji Koen Station : Hankyu Electric Railway was operating this section (Oji Koen to Mikage) on a single track.: [go Photograph]
A Hankyu train turning back at Oji Koen Station, the temporary terminus : The sign on the front says Oji Koen - Mikage.: [go Photograph]
A Hankyu Electric Railway car being transported by road : The cars for use on the Oji Koen-Mikage section, which opened earlier than the Mikage-Nishinomiya Kitaguchi section, were transported over ordinary roads and highways.: [go Photograph]
Handwritten Announcement Saying "Destination Oji Koen" : Oji Koen station was the final destination for all down-line trains: [go Photograph]
For some time, all JR up-line trains terminated at Nada Station.: [go Photograph]
This announcement will most likely never be seen again : Local train - Nada: [go Photograph]
The destination signs at JR Sannomiya Station all said Nada : Also notice the sign for the substitute bus service.: [go Photograph]
This announcement, for an Express train terminating at Nada, will also most likely never be seen again : The New Express trains were out of service at this time.: [go Photograph]
Restoration on the section from Hankyu Sannomiya to Oji Koen continued at a fast pace.: [go Photograph]
The day after the Hankyu Sannomiya-Oji Koen section opened : The Hankyu Sannomiya Building had been removed, and the trains were operating on only the number 4 tracks.: [#1] [#2] [#3] [#4]
Hankyu Electric Railway's Fight! We Love Kobe head mark: [#1] [#2]
The JR ace of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe region, the New Express, resumed service : (The first time I saw it was March 14th, but I haven't confirmed the actual day that service resumed) : The New Express - Nada announcement would probably never be seen again.: [go Photograph]
At first, the New Express ran on the passenger-train tracks (tracks 1 and 2 at Akashi Station) : The New Express normally ran on tracks 3 and 4, but this was nostalgic because, in the old Kokutetsu days, it had run on tracks 1 and 2.: [go Photograph]
One more photo of the Nada Terminating Express.: [go Photograph]
Shin Nagata Station began business again on March 20th, using a temporary structure : Around this time, the temporary platform (up-line only) at Takatori had been removed, and up-line trains had begun arriving at the original platform.: [go Photograph]
The remains of JR Shin Nagata Station : The stairway to the up-line platform and the connecting corridor to the down-line platform are shown in the photo.: [go Photograph]
The remains of JR Shin Nagata Station : The date of its complete restoration was April 3, 1996.: [go Photograph]
A scene in the middle of March : A view of the Sogo Department Store, Sannomiya Branch, being dismantled, taken through a car window.: [go Photograph]

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