is a junction 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 town of

Misaki Misaki (, "misaki") are a collective term for spirit-like existences in Japan like gods, demons and spirits, among other supernatural entities. Their name comes from a kannushi's vanguard. Summary Misaki are subordinate to the high-ranking di ...

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

Nankai Electric Railway is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name ''Nankai'' (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predate ...

. The station is the nearest station to Misaki Park, which is run by Nankai Group. It has the station number "NK41"

Lines

Misaki-kōen Station is served by the

Nankai Main Line The is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Nankai Kōya Line, Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama, Wa ...

and is from the

terminus Terminus may refer to: Ancient Rome *Terminus (god), a Roman deity who protected boundary markers Transport *Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination *Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end des ...

of the line at . It is also the terminus of the 2.8 kilometer

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 ...

to .

Layout

The station has 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 on an embankment. Track 4 is located in the south part of the northbound platform serving tracks 3 and 5.

Tracks

Adjacent stations

History

Misaki-kōen Station opened on 23 July 1938 as . It was renamed to its present name on 1 January 1957.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4685 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Misaki Park *Osaka Golf Club *Misaki Post Office *Sairyo Tomb *Shiratoyama Tomb *Mnanabeyama Tomb

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1938 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Misaki, Osaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub