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Ōkuradani Station

railway station in Akashi, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ8081586 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ōkuradani Station (大蔵谷駅, Ōkuradani-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Sanyo Electric Railway.

Lines

Ōkuradani Station is served by the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line and is 14.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nishidai.

Station layout

The station consists of two unnumbered ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Ōkuradani Station opened on April 12, 1917.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1277 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ōkuradani Station” as railway station in Akashi, Hyogo prefecture, Japan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917, 2018, 1277—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Ōkuradani, Station and railway can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as railway station in Akashi, Hyogo prefecture, Japan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8081586. The first chronological checks are 1917, 2018 and 1277.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ōkuradani Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ōkuradani Station primary sources, Ōkuradani Station archive and Ōkuradani research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ōkuradani Station”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ōkuradani Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.