is a passenger

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located in the town of

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, Soraku District,

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. It is operated by

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(JR West) and there is a transfer at this station to the nearby

Shin-Hōsono Station is a passenger railway station located in the town of Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway. t is station number B21. It is one of the major stations of the Kansai Science City. ...

on Kintetsu Kyoto Line.

Lines

Shimokoma Station is served by the Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line), and is located at from the

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of the line at .

Layout

The station has two opposed

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s with an elevated station building. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Stations next to Hōsono

History

Hōsono Station opened on 4 June 1898 as a station on the Kansai Railway. The Kansai Railway was nationalized in 1907 and the line renamed the Sakuranomiya Line in 1909. The Sakuranomiya Line was incorporated into the Katamachi Line in 1913. With the privatization of

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Hōsono being assigned station number JR-H20.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2328 passengers daily.Kyoto Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

Surrounding area

Kintetsu Kyoto Line The is a Japanese railway line owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a private railway operator. It connects the cities of Kyoto, Uji, and Nara, and competes with the Nara Line of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West), which also conne ...

*Seika Town Hall *Seika Town Library - A book return post is also installed in front of the Kintetsu ticket gate. *Seika Town National Health Insurance Hospital *Seika Town Seika Junior High School

References

External links

* Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1898 Stations of West Japan Railway Company Seika, Kyoto {{Kyoto-railstation-stub