Samitagawa Station
Samitagawa Station 佐味田川駅 | |||||||||||||
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| Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station | |||||||||||||
 The South Exit / Entrance of Samitagawa Station | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 281-1, Ōaza Jōnai, Kawai-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara-ken 636-0092 Japan | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°35′07″N 135°43′52″E / 34.585214°N 135.731181°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by |  Kintetsu Railway | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kintetsu Railway | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | I Tawaramoto Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Train operators | Kintetsu Railway | ||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | None | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities |  available | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | None | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | I41 | ||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | 915 daily | ||||||||||||
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Samitagawa Station (佐味田川駅, Samitagawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kawai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]
Line
[edit]Samitagawa Station is served by the Tawaramoto Line and is 3.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Ōji.
Layout
[edit]The station is an elevated station with one side platform and one track, and both Shin-Oji and Nishi-Tawaramoto bound trains depart and arrive from the same platform. There is only one ticket gate, and trains enter the station from both the north and south footbridges. The effective length of the platform is three cars.The station is unattended.[2]
Platforms
[edit]| 2F | Mezzanine level | Ticket gates to exits / entrances crossing over a track. |
| 1F Platform level | Street level | Exit / entrance |
| Track | I Tawaramoto Line ■ Local for Nishi-Tawaramoto → ← I Tawaramoto Line ■ Local for Shin-Ōji | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right for Nishi-Tawaramoto or on the left for Shin-Ōji 
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| Street level | Exit / entrance | |
History
[edit]The station opened on 30 November 1983.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 915 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Gallery
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South Plaza -
North Plaza -
North Exit / Entrance
Surrounding area
[edit]- Nishiyamato New Town
- Nishi-Meihan Expressway, Horyuji IC
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ "佐味田川駅" [Samitagawa Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
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Media related to Samitagawa Station at Wikimedia Commons