is a railway station on the

Osaka Loop Line The is a railway Circle route, loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It encircles central Osaka. Part of a second, outer loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten Station, Hanaten to Kyuhoji Station, Kyuh ...

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR West).

Station layout

The station has two elevated

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, serving two tracks.

Platforms

File:Teradacho station.jpg, The ticket vending machines and ticket barriers in September 2006 File:Teradacho Station (01) IMG 6695 20130811.JPG, The platforms in August 2013

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 16 July 1932. Following the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. 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 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. In August 2015, an old station sign painted directly on the wall and dating from the 1930s or 1940s was uncovered during renovation work, and this was subsequently preserved. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Teradacho being assigned station number JR-O02. File:Teradacho Station Old Board.jpg, The old station sign uncovered in August 2015 File:Teradacho Station Old Board 2016.jpg, The old station sign on display in July 2016

Surrounding area

*Ikuno Shopping Arcade *

Osaka Kyoiku University is a national university with headquarters in the city of Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on th ...

Tennōji Junior High School, Osaka Kyoiku University High School Tennōji *Osaka Ikuno Technical High School *Kokoku High School *Clark Memorial International High School

Bus services

Buses operate from the "Teradachō-ekimae" bus stop by

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (大阪市交通局, ''Ōsaka-shi Kōtsū-kyoku'') was the public department of transportation of the city of Osaka, Japan that existed from 1903 to 2018. It operated the municipal subway lines, the New Tram, a ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teradacho Station Ikuno-ku, Osaka Railway stations in Osaka Osaka Loop Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1932 Stations of West Japan Railway Company Tennōji-ku, Osaka