Shakudo Station
Shakudo Station 尺土駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Shakudo Station in August 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 228, Shakudo, Katsuragi-shi, Nara-ken 639-2162 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°30′31″N 135°43′16″E / 34.508567°N 135.721064°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by |  Kintetsu Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kintetsu Railway | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 32.3 km (20.1 miles) from Osaka Abenobashi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities |  Available | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | F23 P23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 March 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 632 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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Shakudo Station (尺土駅, Shakudo-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]
Line
[edit]Shakudo Station is served by the Minami Osaka Line and is 32.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Osaka Abenobashi. It is also the terminus of the Gose Line, and is 5.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Kintetsu Gose
Layout
[edit]The station consists of two ground level island platforms connected by an elevated station building. This is an elevated station with two island platforms and four tracks, allowing for passing, and only one ticket gate. The Minami-Osaka Line and the Gose Line share the platform for each direction. The effective length of the platform is for eight cars. The station is staffed.[2]
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ P Gose Line | for Kintetsu Gose |
| 2 | ■ F Minami Osaka Line | for Kashiharajingū-mae |
| 3 | ■ F Minami Osaka Line | for Osaka Abenobashi |
| 2 | ■ P Gose Line | disembarking platform for trains returning to the Gose Line |
| ← for Furuichi and Osaka Abenobashi |
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→ for Kashiharajingu-mae and Yoshino |
| ↓for Gose |
History
[edit]Shakudo Station was opened 29 March 1929 as a station on the Osaka Railway. The Nanwa Electric Railway (predecessor of the Gose Line) connected to the station on 9 December 1930. It became a Kansai Express Railway station due to a company merger on 1 February 1943, and through a subsequent merger became a station on the Kintetsu Railway on 1 Jube 1944.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019 the station was used by an average of 2403 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "尺土駅" [Shakudo Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ Kawashima, Ryozo (2009). 【図説】日本の鉄道 東海道ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第9巻 奈良・東大阪 (in Japanese). Kodansha. p. 15. ISBN 978-406-270019-1.
- ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
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