Keisan Kagaku Center Station
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Keisan Kagaku Center Station 計算科学センター駅 | |
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 Station exterior | |
| General information | |
| Location | Chūō-ku, Kobe Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°39′17″N 135°13′17″E / 34.6548°N 135.2215°E |
| Operated by |  Kobe New Transit |
| Line(s) |  Port Island Line |
| Distance | 5.4 km from Sannomiya[1] |
| Platforms | 1 island platforms |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Elevated |
| Other information | |
| Station code | P08 |
| History | |
| Opened | February 2, 2006 |
| Previous names |
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| Passengers | |
| 3,911 per day (2017)[2] | |
Keisan Kagaku Center Station (計算科学センター駅, Keisan Kagaku Sentā Eki) is a railway station operated by Kobe New Transit in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is located on Port Island and is served by the Port Island Line. The station name is taken from the nearby Riken Advanced Institute for Computational Science. The station is subtitled as Kobe Animal Kingdom, Fugaku Mae (神戸どうぶつ王国・「富岳」前), named after the nearby theme park and the supercomputer located in the institute.[1]
The station was originally named Port Island Minami Station (ポートアイランド南駅).[3] On 1 July 2011, the station was renamed to K Computer Mae Station (京コンピュータ前駅, Kei Konpyūta Mae Eki) with the namesake of K computer, the supercomputer then being developed at the institute.[4] Following the decommissioning of K computer, the station was renamed to the current name on 19 June 2021.
Ridership
[edit]| Ridership per day [2] | |
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| Year | Ridership |
| 2011 | 2,200 |
| 2012 | 2,230 |
| 2013 | 2,299 |
| 2014 | 2,845 |
| 2015 | 3,352 |
| 2016 | 3,545 |
| 2017 | 3,911 |
Adjacent stations
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| Main line (Sannomiya–Kobe Airport) | ||||
| Iryo Center | - | Kobe Airport | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "路線図・駅情報". Kobe New Transit (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b "国土数値情報 駅別乗降客数データ". GIS (in Japanese). MLIT. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "神戸新交通 ポートアイランド線 駅名変更". Tetsudo.com (in Japanese). Asahi Interactive. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Japan's K Supercompter: The Fastest Computer in the World". Trends in Japan. Web Japan. 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
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