is a passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
located in the city of
Yamatokōriyama
280px, Kōriyama Castle
is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 82,731 in 39,628 households, and a population density of 1,900 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Yamatokōriyama is ...
,
Nara Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...
, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company,
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 ...
.
Lines
Kintetsu Kōriyama Station is served by the
Kashihara Line
The is a north-south bound railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Yamato-Saidaiji Station and Kashiharajingu-mae Station.
Service outline
Most Express an ...
and is 5.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 40.1 kilometers from .
Layout
The station is an above-ground station with two
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. The effective length of the platform is for six cars. The station building is on the platform 1 side, and there is an unstaffed automatic ticket gate on the platform 2.
Platforms
History
The station opened in 1921 on the Unebi Line of Osaka Electric Tramway, a predecessor of the Kintetsu Railway.
History
Kintetsu-Kōriyama Station was opened on April 1, 1921 as on the Osaka Electric Tramway Unebi Line. In 1928, its name was changed to . On 15 March 1941, the line merged with the Sangu Express Railway and became the Kansai Express Railway. The station name became which was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on 1 June 1944 to form Kintetsu. The station name change again to , which was shortened to its present name on Match 1, 1970.
Kintetsu Company History
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9675 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
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Surrounding area
*Yamatokōriyama City Hall
* Kōriyama Castle
*Nara Prefectural Koriyama High School
*Nara National College of Technology
See also
* List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921
Railway stations in Nara Prefecture
Stations of Kintetsu Railway
Yamatokōriyama
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