260px, Tanagawa Station platform with a Nankai 2200 series train waiting to depart is a passenger

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located in the town of

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, Sennan District,

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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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. It has the station number "NK41-3".

Lines

Tanagawa Station is the

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of the

Tanagawa Line is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, owned by Nankai Electric Railway. This line connects to the Nankai Main Line. History The line opened in 1944, electrified at 1500 VDC, to serve the Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipbuilding yard. In 1 ...

, and is 2.6 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of a single dead-headed

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, of which only one side is in use.

Adjacent stations

History

Tanagawa Station opened on June 1, 1944.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 602 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Misaki Municipal Cultural Center.

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1944 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Misaki, Osaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub