Motosanjōguchi Station

Motosanjōguchi Station

元山上口駅
Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station
Station building
General information
Location802, Shidehara, Heguri-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara-ken 636-0901
Japan
Coordinates34°38′25″N 135°42′03″E / 34.640217°N 135.700883°E / 34.640217; 135.700883
Owned by Kintetsu Railway
Operated by Kintetsu Railway
Line(s) G  Ikoma Line
Distance5.7 km (3.5 miles) from Ōji
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operators Kintetsu Railway
Connections
    Other information
    Station code G23 
    Websitewww.kintetsu.co.jp/station/station_info/station11010.html
    History
    Opened21 October 1926 (1926-10-21)
    Passengers
    FY2019869 daily
    Services
    Preceding station Kintetsu Railway Following station
    Higashiyama
    towards Ikoma
    		 Ikoma Line
    Local
    		 Heguri
    towards Ōji
    Location


    Motosanjōguchi Station (元山上口駅, Motosanjōguchi-eki)is a passenger railway station located in the town of Heguri, Ikoma District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]

    Line

    Motosanjōguchi Station is served by the Ikoma Line and is 5.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōji.

    Layout

    The station is a ground-level station with a side platform and one track. The station building and platform are on the outbound side (east side, i.e. the left side when facing Ōji). As it is a single-track station, both Ōji-bound and Ikoma-bound trains depart and arrive from the same platform. The effective length of the platform is for four cars. The station is unattended.[2]

    History

    Motosanjōguchi Station was opened 21 October 1926 on the Shigiikoma Electric Railway. It was raised to a permanent station on 19 December 1930. It became a Kintetsu Railway station due to a company merger on 1 October 1963.

    Passenger statistics

    In fiscal 2019 the station was used by an average of 869 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

    Surrounding area


    See also

    References

    1. ^ 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.
    2. ^ "元山上口駅" [Motosanjōguchi Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
    3. ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

    Media related to Motosanjoguchi Station at Wikimedia Commons

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.