is an interchange passenger

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located in the city of

Kawachinagano is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 101,649 in 47493 households and a population density of 930 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kawachinagano is located in the sout ...

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 Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, jointly operated by the private railway operators

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 ...

and

Nankai Electric Railway is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name ''Nankai'' (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates a ...

Lines

The station is served by the

Nankai Kōya Line The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via the s ...

and is 28.0 km from the terminus of the line at . The station is also served by the Kintetsu Nagano Line and is 12.5 km from the terminus of that line at .

Nankai Railway Koya Line

Layout

*Nankai station has two

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 ...

s serving four tracks on the ground. File:KAWACHINAGANO Station 2008-08-31.jpg, West exit File:KAWACHINAGANO Station Platform 2008-08-31.jpg, Platform File:Kawachinagano-Station Ticket-Gate.jpg, Ticket gates

Adjacent stations

Kintetsu Nagano Line

Layout

Kintetsu station has an

serving two tracks on the ground; however, all trains arrive at and depart from Track 2. Track 1 is unused by revenue trains (though it is sometimes used to park track maintenance equipment), and has neither a departure signal nor overhead catenary. Much of the track-space has been cannibalized for the use of stairs and elevator to the concourse above the platform. KAWACHI-NAGANO Station 2008-08-31.jpg, East exit File:KAWACHI-NAGANO Station Platform 2008-08-31.jpg, Platform

Adjacent station

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Nankai portion of the station was used by an average of 26,916 passengers daily. The Kintetsu portion of the station was used by 7,001 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)

Surrounding area

Public facilities

*Kawachinagano City Hall (1 km from the station) *Lovely Hall *Kawachinagano Police Station (Osaka Prefectural Police) *Kawachinagano Fire Station (Kawachinagano City Fire Department)

Market facilities

*Izumiya

Financial institutes

*Japan Post Group **Kawachinagano Post Office *bank, etc. **

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Kawachinagano Branch **

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Kawachinagano Branch ** Kiyo Bank Kawachinagano Branch **

Nanto Bank is a regional bank that mainly operates in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The bank, established in June 1934, has 136 domestic branches in Nara, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Mie, Wakayama, and Tokyo as well as representative offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai ...

Kawachinagano Branch **Seikyo Shin'yo Kumiai Kawachinagano Branch

References

External links

Kawachinagano Station
from Nankai Electric Railway website

from Kintetsu Railway website Railway stations in Japan opened in 1898 Railway stations in Japan opened in 1902 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Kawachinagano {{Osaka-railstation-stub

Lines

Nankai Railway Koya Line

Layout

Adjacent stations

Kintetsu Nagano Line

Layout

Adjacent station

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

Public facilities

Market facilities

Financial institutes

See also

References

External links