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 ...

in located in the city of Higashiōsaka,

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 ...

, Japan, 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

Kawachi-Kosaka Station is served by the

Nara Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan area, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Its official termini are Kizu Station in Kizugawa and Kyōto Station in Kyoto, within Kyoto Prefecture; however ...

, and is located 1.6 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Fuse Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines Fuse Station is served by the Osaka Line, and is located 4.1 rail kilo ...

and 7.7 kilometers from

Ōsaka Namba Station is a railway station on the Kintetsu Namba Line and Hanshin Namba Line in the Namba district of Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is adjacent to Namba Station and JR Namba Station. Trains of the Nara Line depart from and arrive at the station. Lin ...

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated

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 ...

s, with the station building underneath.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Kawachi-Kosaka Station opened on April 30, 1914 as on the Osaka Electric Tramway. It was renamed in August 1928 and its present name on March 15, 1941. In 1941 it was transferred to the Kansai Kyūkō Railway, which became part of Kintetsu in 1944.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 26,959 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Kinki University (Headquarters Campus) * Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Hall * Osaka Shoin Women's University *

Osaka University of Commerce , abbreviated to , is a private university located in Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. History The origin was founded in 1928 as Osaka Joto School of Commerce (大阪城東商業学校) by Noboru Tanioka (谷岡登, 1894–197 ...

References

External links

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