is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the city of Kashiba,

Nara Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company,

Kintetsu Railway , referred to as and officially Kinki-Nippon Railway, 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 railw ...

Line

Nijō Station is served by the

Osaka Line The is a railway line in Japan owned by Kintetsu Railway, connecting Osaka and Mie Prefecture via Nara Prefecture. The line is the longest double-tracked railway of non-JR operators. Together with the Nagoya Line, this line forms the route for ...

and is 24.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station is an above-ground station with two opposed

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 and two tracksThe ticket gates and concourses are underground, and the platforms are above ground. The effective length of the platform is six cars. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Nijō Station was opened 1 July 1927 as a station on the Osaka Electric Tramway Yagi Line. It became a Kansai Express Railway station due to a company merger with Sangu Express Railway on 15 March 1941, and through a subsequent merger became a station on the Kintetsu Railway on 1 July 1944.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019 the station was used by an average of 5101 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
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Surrounding area

*Kashiba City Kashiba Kita Junior High School *Kashiba City Kashiba Nishi Junior High School *Kashiba City Nijo Elementary School *Kashiba City Asahigaoka Elementary School

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Railway stations in Nara Prefecture Kashiba, Nara {{Nara-railstation-stub