Tajima Station (Nara)

Tajima Station (但馬駅, Tajima-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Miyake, Shiki District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.^[1]

Tajima Station 但馬駅
Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station
The exit / entrance of Tajima Station
General information
Location	263 Tajima, Miyake-sho, Shiki-gun, Nara-ken 636-0214 Japan
Coordinates	34°34′10″N 135°46′04″E
Owned by	Kintetsu Railway
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	I  Tawaramoto Line
Distance	3.0 km (1.9 miles)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Train operators	Kintetsu Railway
Connections	None
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	I38
Website	www.kintetsu.co.jp/station/station_info/en_station12010.html
History
Opened	5 May 1932; 93 years ago (1932-05-05)
Electrified	1948
Passengers
2019	431 daily
Services Preceding station Kintetsu Railway Following station Hashio towards Shin-Ōji Tawaramoto Line Kuroda towards Nishi-Tawaramoto
Location Tajima Station Location within Nara Prefecture Show map of Nara Prefecture Tajima Station Tajima Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Line

Tajima Station is served by the Tawaramoto Line and is 7.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin-Ōji. The station is serviced by Nara Kotsu Bus Lines' Route 9 bus at Ōwada Sta. Gate from Kataokadai 1-chome once a day, but the services is alighting only. It is also serviced by free shuttle wagon Sunamaru-go's North Route and West Route for Sōgō-fukushi-kaikan 10 shuttles a day.

Layout

The station is an above-ground station with one 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..The station is unattended.^[2]

Platforms

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
	Street level	Exit / entrance

History

The station opened on 5 May 1932 as a station on the Yamato Railway. It became a station on the Shigiikoma Electric Railway in 1961 due to a company merger, and became a station on Kintetsu Railway by a further merger on 1 October 1964.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 431 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

• Miyake Town Hall
• Miyake Town Miyake Elementary Schoo
• Nara Prefectural Yamato-Koryo Senior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan