is an interchange passenger

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located in the city of

Higashiōsaka is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 489,077 in 233,124 households and a population density of 7900 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is known as one of the industrial ci ...

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

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, operated by the private railway operator

Kintetsu Railway , referred to as , is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railway network connects Osaka, Nara, Kyot ...

Lines

Fuse Station is served by the

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, and is located 4.1 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Ōsaka Uehommachi Station is a railway station in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan, served by the Kintetsu Railway's Osaka, Nara, and Namba Lines. Trains on the Nara Line arrive at and depart from an underground platform. The station is connected to Tanimachi Kyuchome Station ...

. It is also the nominal terminus of the

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and is 26.7 kilometers from the opposing terminus at

Kintetsu Nara Station is a railway station on the Nara Line in Nara, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines The station is the terminal station on the Nara Line. Kintetsu operates through expresses and limited expresses from Ky ...

Station layout

The station has four levels; the first two levels are Kintetsu Department Store, the third level is for the Osaka Line, and the fourth level is for the Nara Line. There is an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving 2 tracks between 2 passing tracks each on the third level and the fourth levels. ;3rd level ;4th level

Adjacent stations

Bus

;North :Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Fuse-ekimae) :*Route 12 for :*Route 86 for :Osaka Bus Co., Ltd. (Higashi-Osaka Fuse) :*for Kyoto :*for Nagoya :*for Tokyo ;South :Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. (Fuse-ekimae) :*Bus stop 1 :**Route 92 (Fuse Route) for :*Bus stop 2 :**Route 40 (Kami Route) for :*Bus stop 3 :**Route 54 (Kami-Kosaka Route) for Shoinhigashi-mae (only 1 bus on Saturday mornings)

History

Fuse Station opened on April 30, 1914 as of the Osaka Electric Railway Co. (Daiki). In March 1922 it was renamed , and renamed again to its present name In September 1925. In 1941Daiki merged with Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway Co. and Fuse Station became a train station of Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway Co. (Kankyu), which became part of Kintetsu in 1944.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 39,370 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

Kintetsu Department Store is a department store chain in the Kansai region, Japan. It is headquartered in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. History *January, 1920: was opened in front of Kyoto Station. *February, 1920: was founded. *1926: opened its own rest ...

Higashiosaka

References

External links

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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Higashiōsaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub