Kasanui Station (笠縫駅, Kasanui-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]
Kasanui Station 笠縫駅 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
 The station building of Kasanui Station | ||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 330, Hatanoshō, Tawaramoto-chō, Shiki-gun, Nara-ken 636-0343 Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°32′29″N 135°47′39″E / 34.5415°N 135.7941°E | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by |  Kintetsu Railway | |||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Kintetsu Railway | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | B Kashihara Line | |||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 17.3 km (10.7 miles) | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Kintetsu Railway | |||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||
| Parking | None | |||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities |  Available | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes (slopes for each platform) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | B37 | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 21 March 1923 | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 13815 daily | |||||||||||||||||
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Line
editKasanui Station is served by the Kashihara Line and is 17.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Yamato-Saidaiji and 51.9 kilometers from Kyoto
Layout
editThe station is an above-ground station with two opposing side platforms and two tracks. The station building is on the platform 2 side, and there is also a temporary ticket gate on the platform 1 side for rush hour use only. This ticket gate was left as a temporary ticket gate at the request of local residents, as the station building was located on this side until the underground passage connecting the two platforms was completed.The station is unattended.</ref>[2]
Platforms and tracks
edit| 1 | ■ Kashihara Line | for Yamato-Yagi and Kashihara-Jingumae |
| 2 | ■ Kashihara Line | for Yamato-Saidaiji and Kyoto |
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Platform -
Temporary ticket gate on Platform 1
History
editKasanui Station opened on 21 March 1923 on the Osaka Electric Tramway Unebi Line.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1381 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
editSee 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.
- ^ "笠縫駅" [Kasanui Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
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