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Nigawa Station is a railway station in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on the Hankyu Imazu Line operated by the Hankyu Railway. It is located near JRA Hanshin Racecourse and Kwansei Gakuin University. It is also an entrance station to Mount Kabutoyama, the east end of the Rokko Mountains. Trains connect from this station to Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station or Takarazuka Station every 10 minutes.The name Nigawa is originally the name of the river on the border of Takarazuka city and Nishinomiya city, and today Nigawa is used as the name of a town along the river of both cities. In 2002, the station installed barrier-free facilities for the elderly and the disabled.According to the annual statistics done by Nishinomiya city, 3,904,000 passengers used the station in 2004.Layout2 side platforms on the ground serving a track each, and a side platform for getting off the trains from Takarazuka.SurroundingsHanshin RacecourseKwansei Gakuin University Kwansei Gakuin Junior High SchoolKwansei Galuin Senior High SchoolNigawa GakuinShinMaywa