is a passenger

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located in the city of

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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

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. It has the station number "NK66".

Lines

Kongō Station is served by the

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, and is 22.9 kilometers from the

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of the line at and 22.2 kilometers from .

Layout

The station consists of two ground-level

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 connected by an elevated station building.

Platforms

File:Kongo Station 2.jpg, West exit File:Kongo Station 4.jpg, Ticket gates File:Kongo Station 3.jpg, Platform

Adjacent stations

History

Kongō Station opened on April 19, 1937.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 32,893 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Kongō New Town * Aeon Kongo store * Osaka Prefectural Sayama High School

References

External links

Kongō Station
from Nankai Electric Railway website Railway stations in Japan opened in 1937 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Ōsakasayama {{Osaka-railstation-stub