Kintetsu Kōriyama Station | |
Native Name: | 近鉄郡山駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Type: | Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station |
Address: | 232, Minamikōriyamachō, Yamatokōriyama-shi, Nara-ken 639-1007 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.6461°N 135.7807°W |
Owned: | Kintetsu Railway |
Operator: | Kintetsu Railway |
Line: | Kashihara Line |
Distance: | 5.5km (03.4miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Train Operators: | Kintetsu Railway |
Bus Stands: | 3 |
Structure: | At grade |
Parking: | Available |
Bicycle: | Available |
Accessible: | Yes (1 accessible slope for the east ticket gate, 2 slopes for the platforms, 1 bathroom, and equipped wheelchairs) |
Former: |
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Passengers: | 9675 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Nara Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kintetsu Kōriyama Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]
Kintetsu Kōriyama Station is served by the Kashihara Line and is 5.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 40.1 kilometers from .
The station is an above-ground station with two side platforms connected by a level crossing. The effective length of the platform is for six cars. The station building is on the platform 1 side, and there is an unmanned automatic ticket gate on the platform 2.[2]
The station opened in 1921 on the Unebi Line of Osaka Electric Tramway, a predecessor of the Kintetsu Railway.
Kintetsu-Kōriyama Station was opened on April 1, 1921 as on the Osaka Electric Tramway Unebi Line. In 1928, its name was changed to . On 15 March 1941, the line merged with the Sangu Express Railway and became the Kansai Express Railway. The station name became which was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on 1 June 1944 to form Kintetsu. The station name change again to, which was shortened to its present name on Match 1, 1970.[3]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9675 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]