is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in Nishi-ku,

Sakai, Osaka is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and inclu ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK15".

Lines

Hamaderakōen Station is served by the

Nankai Main Line The is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama via Sakai, Izumiōtsu ...

, and is 14.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of 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 ...

for Wakayamashi and Kansai Airport serving two tracks, and a

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

for Namba serving two tracks which Track 4 was used for the trains returning at this station to Namba.The station building was rebuilt by

Kingo Tatsuno was a Japanese architect born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu. Doctor of Engineering. Conferred Jusanmi (従三位, Junior Third Rank) and Kunsanto (勲三等, Order of Third Class). Former dean of Architecture Department at Tokyo Imperial ...

in 1907 and is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Hamaderakōen Station opened on 1 October 1897 as . It was rebuilt and renamed to its present name on 20 August 1907

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4274 passengers daily.

Connections

Hankai Tramway is a company which owns two tramway lines in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka, Japan. The parent company is Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Lines Current *Hankai Line (Ebisucho - Hamadera eki-mae) 14.1 km * Uemachi Line (Tennoji ek ...

Hankai Line (HN31: Hamadera-ekimae Station, for Abikomichi, Ebisucho and Tennoji-ekimae) - 150 m west from Hamaderakōen Station

Surrounding area

*Hamadera Park *Fukueido *Hamadera Central Hospital

References

External links

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Sakai city
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Registered Tangible Cultural Properties Sakai, Osaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub