is a passenger
railway station
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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
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, Japan. It is 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 is administrated by
Ōji Station..
Lines
The station is served by the
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 ...
(
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 ...
) and is 17.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 138.7 kilometers from .
Layout
Kōriyama 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 an elevated station building, the exterior of which is modeled after
Kōriyama Castle
270px, reconstructed Ote-mon
is a ''flatlands''-style Japanese castle located in the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2023. It is No.194 on the list " Continued 1 ...
. The station has a ''
Midori no Madoguchi
, short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...
'' staffed ticket office.
Layout
Kōriyama Station (Nara) ticket gate.jpg, Ticket gate
JRW 221 Yamatoji Rapid at Koriyama Station 20110409 (8406715699).jpg, Platforms
History
The station was opened on December 27, 1890 on the Osaka Railway between and . The Osaka Railway was nationalized in 1907 and the line was renamed the Kansai Main Line in 1909. With the privatization of the
Japan National Railways
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Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
(JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Station numbering
Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood c ...
was introduced in March 2018 with Kōriyama being assigned station number JR-Q34.
Passenger statistics
The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2020 was 4220 passengers.
[Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook 2021 Chapter 13: Transportation and Communications - JR Transportation Performance](_blank)
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Surrounding area
The surrounding area is dominated by many apartment buildings and public housing. The traditional exit to the city center is on the west side of the station, but the east side has been redeveloped and a shopping mall is now open.
*Yamatokoriyama City Koriyama Minami Elementary School
See also
* List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Kōriyama Station
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1890
Railway stations in Nara Prefecture
Yamatokōriyama
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