    is a train station located in ikeda, osaka, but is on the border with toyonaka to the south and minoo to the east. it serves as a transfer point for the hankyu minoo line on one side and on the other side is an express station on the hankyu takarazuka lineï¼the station has five platforms connected by tunnels, two for osaka-takarazuka service, and three for minoo service. ishibashi is home to one of the two campuses of osaka university. ishibashi station is surrounded by bars, karaoke boxes, and izakaya restaurants along with more traditional small-stall shopping streets. the word ishibashi literally means stone bridge, referring to the old stone street bridge immediately north of the station over a small river that serves as the northern end of the shopping area, which is called akai hashi. ==layout== there are three platforms with five tracks on the ground level.      ==history== the station opened concurrently with the opening of the takarazuka line and the minoo line on march 10, 1910. since then the structure of the station as an interchange of the two lines has not been largely changed except for the stretched platforms.{{cite book |author= hankyu corporation |title= hankyÅ« station |date=april 2001 |publisher= hankyu corporation |location
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