is a railway station in

Ōji, Nara 270px, Oji Town Hall 270px, Daruma-ji is a town located in Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 23,706 in 10789 households, and a population density of 3400 persons per km2. The total area o ...

, Japan. Operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...

(JR-West) and

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 ...

, it is one of the four oldest railway stations in Nara Prefecture, and forms a major junction in the region. The station serves the

Yamatoji Line The is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line in Japan. The line is owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It starts at Kamo Station (Kyoto), Kamo Station in Kyoto Prefecture and ends at JR Namba Stat ...

(

Kansai Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both compan ...

), and is the terminus for the

Wakayama Line The is a railway line that links Nara Prefecture to Wakayama Prefecture, both in the Kansai region of Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Ōji Station on the Yamatoji Line to Wakayama Station on the Hanwa Line ...

and Kintetsu

Ikoma Line The is a railway line of Kintetsu Railway in Nara Prefecture, Japan connecting Ikoma Station in the city of Ikoma and Ōji Station in the town of Ōji. Having a total length of , the entirely electrified standard gauge line is partially dou ...

. Kintetsu's station has a stationmaster who administrates between Motosanjoguchi Station and the station on the Ikoma Line and all stations on the Tawaramoto Line. The nearby is also the terminus for Kintetsu Tawaramoto Line.

Station layout

JR-West platforms and tracks

The JR West station has one

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and two

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s, serving five tracks at ground level. Oji Station Oji Nara Pref02n4350

Kintetsu Railway platform and tracks

The Kintetsu station consists of a

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serving two tracks at ground level.

Shin-Ōji Station

Platforms and track

The station consists of two

s serving a single track at ground level. The north platform is used for boarding and the south platform is used for alighting.

External links

Official website (JR-West)
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