Jūsō Station

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Jūsō Station (十三駅, Jūsō eki) is a Hankyu Railway station in Jūsō, Osaka. It sits in a busy shopping and entertainment district. The six-track trunk line from Umeda splits here into three lines: Kobe Line, Kyoto Line, and Takarazuka Line.

The station has two island platforms and two side platforms on ground level. One island platform (between tracks 2 and 3) serves Kobe Line trains toward Osaka/Umeda and Takarazuka Line trains toward Takarazuka and Minoo. The other island platform (between tracks 4 and 5) serves Takarazuka Line trains toward Umeda and Kyoto Line trains toward Kyoto. There are two transfer concourses, one elevated and one underground. The east gate connects to platform 6 and the west gate to platform 1. Inside the station are shops and restaurants for transferring passengers. A returning track to the south is used for maintenance trains and some seasonal services.

History:
- Opened March 10, 1910, as part of the Minoo-Arima Railway (now the Takarazuka Line).
- Kobe Line added in 1920.
- 1921: North Osaka Electric Railway began service from Jūsō to Senriyama; later became part of Keihan Electric Railway and extended to Kyoto and central Osaka.
- Hankyu merged with Keihan in 1943, bringing the Jūsō–Kyoto and Senriyama lines under Hankyu.
- 1949: Keihan split again, but Hankyu kept the Jūsō–Kyoto line.
- Jūsō was the Kyoto Main Line terminus until 1959, when it was extended to Umeda.
- Station numbering HK-03 was introduced on December 21, 2013.