Tsukiyama Station (築山駅, Tsukiyama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yamatotakada, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]
Tsukiyama Station 築山駅 | |||||||||||
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 Tsukiyama Station in December 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Tsukiyama, Yamatotakada-shi, Nara-ken 635-0071 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°31′33″N 135°43′59″E / 34.5259°N 135.7330°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Kintetsu Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | D Osaka Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 28.8 km from Osaka-Uehommachi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unattended | ||||||||||
| Station code | D24 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1927 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 1408 daily | ||||||||||
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Line
editTsukiyama Station is served by the Osaka Line and is 28.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Osaka-Uehommachi.
Layout
editThe station has two side platforms on the ground, serving one track each. The station building (ticket gates) are on the platform 2 side, and are connected to platform 1 by a footbridge. The effective length of the platform is six cars. The station is unattended.</ref>[2]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Osaka Line | for Yamato-Takada, Yamato-Yagi, Haibara, and Nabari |
| 2 | ■ Osaka Line | for Goido, Fuse, and Osaka Uehommachi |
History
editTsukiyama Station opened on 1 July 1927 on the Osaka Electric Tramway Yagi Line (now the Osaka Line) between Onji and Takada (now Yamatotakada). On 15 March 1941, the line merged with the Sangu Express Railway and became the Kansai Express Railway's Osaka Line. .[3] This line was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on 1 June 1944 to form Kintetsu.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1408 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
edit- Otani Park, built around a small ancient burial mound and with a fountain and pond
- Tsukiyama Children's Park, which is also built on a burial mount and is next to the much larger Tsukiyama burial mound, which is not accessible to the public.
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.
- ^ "築山駅" [Tsukiyama Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b [1] Kintetsu Company History
- ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
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Media related to Tsukiyama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in English)
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