is a passenger

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located in Sakai-ku,

Sakai 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 ...

, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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 ...

. It has the station number "NK58".

Lines

Mozuhachiman 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 ...

, and is 13.4 kilometers from the

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of the line at and 12.7 kilometers from .

Layout

The station consists of two opposed

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s connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Mozuhachiman Station opened on September 7, 1900.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4,545 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

*Mozuhachiman-gu *Sakai City Sakai High School *Seikeikai Medical College

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1900 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Sakai, Osaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub