is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the city of Sennan,

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

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 "NK35".

Lines

Okadaura Station is served by the

Nankai Main Line The is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama via Sakai, Izumiōtsu ...

], and is from the terminal station, terminus of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of 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 connected by a level crossing.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Okadaura Station opened on 1 November 1915.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2478 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Nishishindachi Elementary School * Nishishindachi Junior High School * Nishishindachi Post Office

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1915 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Sennan, Osaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub