Ichibu Station | |
Native Name: | 一分駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 902-3, Ichibu-chō, Ikoma-shi, Nara-ken 630-0222 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | Kintetsu Railway |
Operator: | Kintetsu Railway |
Line: | Ikoma Line |
Distance: | 10.1km (06.3miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Train Operators: | Kintetsu Railway |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Accessible: | Yes (ramps to platform level) |
Passengers: | 2742 daily |
Pass Year: | 2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Nara Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ichibu Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1] The name of 'Ichibu' can be found in a record written in 8th century, as a place of the residence of Prince Arima in the 7th century.
Ichibu Station is served by the Ikoma Line and is 10.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
Ichibu Station is a ground-level station with two opposing side platforms and two tracks. There are temporary ticket gates for rush hour only on the platform 1 side of the main station building and on the platform 2 side of the station building. The two platforms are connected by a level crossing. The temporary ticket gate on the west side of the tracks can be used between 7:15 and 9:00 on weekdays. The station is unattended.[2]
The station opened on 28 December 1926 on the Shigiikoma Electric Railway. The Shigiikoma Electric Railway ws acquired by Kintetsu in 1964, becoming the Kintetsu Ikoma Line[3] [4]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2742 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]