Tajima Station (Nara)

Tajima Station

但馬駅
Kintetsu Railway commuter rail 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 facilities Available
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code I38 
Websitewww.kintetsu.co.jp/station/station_info/en_station12010.html
History
Opened5 May 1932 (1932-05-05)
Electrified1948
Passengers
2019431 daily
Services
Preceding station Kintetsu Railway Following station
Hashio
towards Shin-Ōji
Tawaramoto Line Kuroda
Location
Tajima Station
Location within Nara Prefecture
Tajima Station
Tajima Station (Japan)

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
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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