Nagai Station (長居駅, ''Nagai eki'') is a railway station in Sumiyoshi-ku,

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. The station is served by the

Hanwa Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchlin ...

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(JR West) and the

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; the former uses elevated tracks and the latter uses underground tracks. The subway station is assigned the station number M26. Nagai is located south of Tennoji in Sumiyoshi-ku and maintains

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and

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, an international standard football stadium home to the

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Layout

JR West Hanwa Line

This station is administrated by Sakaishi Station. When it was located on the ground level, Nagai Station had two

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s serving 2 tracks each. The station is currently elevated (northbound in 2004, southbound in 2006) and has two

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s serving a track each. Ticket gate is located in the north under the platforms and tracks.

Osaka Metro Midosuji Line

The station has two

s serving two tracks on the second basement. Ticket gates are located in the north and the south on the first basement.

Surroundings

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(Kincho Stadium) *

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*Nagai Pool *Nagai Youth Hostel * Nagai Botanical Garden *Osaka Museum of Natural History *Rinnan-ji

Schools

*Osaka Gakugei Senior High School *Osaka Gakugei Secondary School *Osaka Municipal Nagai Elementary School *Osaka Municipal Abiko Junior High School

Shopping and finance

*Supermarket Life Nagai *

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Nagai *Nagai Hondori Shotengai *The Kinki Osaka Bank Nagai Branch *The Senshu-Ikeda Bank Nagai Branch *The Juso Shinkin Bank Nagai Branch *

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**Sumiyoshi Nagai Post Office **Sumiyoshi Nagai-4 Post Office **Sumiyoshi Nagai-higashi Post Office

Buses

*Subway Nagai (

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) **Route 4 for / for **Route 24 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Minami-Nagai **Route 40 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Deto Bus Terminal *Nagainishi Nichome (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau) **Route 24 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Minami-Nagai **Route 40 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Deto Bus Terminal

History

*18 July 1929 - on Hanwa Electric Railway opened. *1 December 1940 - Hanwa Electric Railway became the Yamanote Line of Nankai Railway. *1 May 1944 - Yamanote Line was nationalized and became the Hanwa Line. Rinnanji-mae Station was renamed Nagai Station. *1 July 1960- Nagai Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line opened. *16 October 2004- Hanwa Line northbound station was elevated. *21 May 2006 - Hanwa Line southbound station was elevated. *March 2018 - March 2018 - Station numbering was introduced to the Hanwa Line with Nagai being assigned station number JR-R24.

References

External links

Sumiyoshi-ku website in EnglishStation guide
- Osaka Metro {{Osaka Metro Midosuji Line Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1960 Railway stations in Japan opened in 1929 Osaka Metro stations Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture