Tajima Station (Nara)

Tajima Station

但馬駅
Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station
The exit / entrance of Tajima Station
The exit / entrance of Tajima Station
General information
Location263 Tajima, Miyake-sho, Shiki-gun, Nara-ken 636-0214
Japan
Coordinates34°34′10″N 135°46′04″E / 34.569358°N 135.767875°E / 34.569358; 135.767875
Owned by Kintetsu Railway
Operated by Kintetsu Railway
Line(s) I  Tawaramoto Line
Distance3.0 km (1.9 miles)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operators Kintetsu Railway
ConnectionsNone
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingNone
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle facilities Available
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code I38 
Websitewww.kintetsu.co.jp/station/station_info/en_station12010.html
History
Opened5 May 1932; 92 years ago (1932-05-05)
Electrified1948
Passengers
2019431 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kintetsu Railway Company. Kintetsu Railway Following station
Hashio
towards Shin-Ōji
 Tawaramoto Line Kuroda
towards Nishi-Tawaramoto
Location
Tajima Station is located in Nara Prefecture
Tajima Station
Tajima Station
Location within Nara Prefecture
Tajima Station is located in Japan
Tajima Station
Tajima Station
Tajima Station (Japan)
Map

Tajima Station (但馬駅, Tajima-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Miyake, Shiki District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]

Line

Tajima Station is served by the Tawaramoto Line and is 7.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Ōji. The station is serviced by Nara Kotsu Bus Lines' Route 9 bus at Ōwada Sta. Gate from Kataokadai 1-chome once a day, but the services is alighting only. It is also serviced by free shuttle wagon Sunamaru-go's North Route and West Route for Sōgō-fukushi-kaikan 10 shuttles a day.

Layout

The station is an above-ground station with one [[side platform] and one track, and both Shin-Oji and Nishi-Tawaramoto bound trains depart and arrive from the same platform. The effective length of the platform is three cars..The station is unattended.[2]

Platforms

Platform level Track  I  Tawaramoto Line ■ Local for Nishi-Tawaramoto →
←  I  Tawaramoto Line ■ Local for Shin-Ōji
Side platform, doors will open on the right for Nishi-Tawaramoto or on the left for Shin-Ōji Public washrooms Disabled access
Street level Exit / entrance

History

The station opened on 5 May 1932 as a station on the Yamato Railway. It became a station on the Shigiikoma Electric Railway in 1961 due to a company merger, and became a station on Kintetsu Railway by a further merger on 1 October 1964.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 431 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

  • Miyake Town Hall
  • Miyake Town Miyake Elementary Schoo
  • Nara Prefectural Yamato-Koryo Senior High School

See also

References

  1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. ^ "但馬駅" [Tajima Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

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