Kuroda Station (黒田駅, Kuroda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]
Kuroda Station 黒田駅 | |||||||||||||
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| Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station | |||||||||||||
 Kuroda Station | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 277-2345, 277-2345 Kuroda, Tawaramoto-cho, Shiki-gun, Nara-ken 636-0301 Japan | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°34′06″N 135°46′39″E / 34.568472°N 135.777483°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by |  Kintetsu Railway | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kintetsu Railway | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | I Tawaramoto Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 2.0 km (1.2 miles) | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Train operators | Kintetsu Railway | ||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | None | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | None | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities |  Available | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||
| Station code | I37 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 April 1918 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | 419 daily | ||||||||||||
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Line
editKuroda Station is served by the Tawaramoto Line and is 2.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Ōji.
Layout
editThe station is an above-ground station with a single side platform and one track, and both Shin-Oji and Nishi-Tawaramoto bound trains depart and arrive from the same platform. The effective length of the platform is three cars. On the north side, part of the concrete retaining wall of the former freight siding platform remains..The station is unattended.[2]
Platform
edit| Platform level | 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 | |
Gallery
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Station plaza
History
editKuroda Station opened on 26 April 1918 on the Yamato Railway when the line was extended from Shin-Oji to Tawaramoto (now Nishi-Tawaramoto Station. On 1 October 1961, the line became part of the Shigiikoma Electric Railway, which then merged with the Kintetsu Railway on 1 October 1964.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 419 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
edit- Kokuho Central Hospital
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ "黒田駅" [Kuroda Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ [1] Kintetsu Company History
- ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
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