Kishibe Station
# Kishibe Station

Kishibe Station (岸辺駅, Kishibe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in then city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Kishibe Station is served by the JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line), and is 32.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kyoto and 546.4 kilometers from the terminus at Tokyo.

## Start Layout

The station has two island platform connected by an elevated station building; however, only the inner tracks on both platforms are in use, and the outer tracks are fenced off and used only for passing traffic. The station is staffed.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | Passing trains only |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | for Shin-Osaka, Osaka and Sannomiya |
| 3 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | for Takatsuki and Kyoto |
| 4 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | Passing trains only |

## History

Kishibe Station opened on 11 April 1947.

Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Senrioka being assigned station number JR-A43.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,926 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Kita-Osaka Health and Medical City
* National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
* Suita Municipal Hospital
* JR Freight Suita Locomotive Depot
* JR West Suita Factory
* Osaka Gakuin University
