Bishōen Station

Other informationStatusStaffedStation codeJR-R21HistoryOpened3 June 1931Services

Preceding station	JR West			Following station
Minami-Tanabe towards Wakayama		Hanwa Line Local		Tennoji Terminus

Bishōen Station (美章園駅, Bishōen-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The station opened on 3 June 1931.

Layout

This station has two elevated side platforms serving a track each.

1	■ Hanwa Line	for Ōtori and Wakayama
2	■ Hanwa Line	to Tennōji

Surroundings

• Koboreguchi Station (Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line)
• Super-Sanko Bishoen
• Meijo Gakuin High School
• Osaka Girl's Senior High School
• Osaka Prefectural Tennoji High School
• Osaka City Kogei Senior High School
• Osaka College of Art (The Group of Osaka University of Arts)

Bus route

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Bishoen)

Route 6 for Abenobashi / for Sunjiyata via Shirasagi Koen-mae

History

• 3 June 1931 - Bishoen Station opened on the Hanwa Railway Line between Hanwa Tennoji and Minami-Tanabe stations.
• 1 December 1940 - Hanwa Railway was consolidated by Nankai Railway and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Nankai Railway Yamate Line.
• 1 May 1944 - The Nankai Railway Yamate Line was nationalized and Bishoen Station became a train station on the Japanese National Railways Hanwa Line.
• 14 February 1945 - The station was closed after Abeno-ku was bombed by Boeing B-29 of the US Forces.
• 15 April 1947 - The station was reopened.
• 1958 - The renovation of the station was started.
• 13 May 1958 - The renovation of the station was completed.
• August 1969 - The west gate was situated.
• 1 April 1987 - JNR was privatized and Bishoen Station became a train station operated by West Japan Railway Company.
• March 2018 - Station numbering was introduced with Bishōen being assigned station number JR-R21.^[1][2]

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