Nagaokakyō Station Explained

Nagaokakyō Station
Native Name:長岡京駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Symbol Location:jp
Symbol:jrw
Style:JR West
Address:Kōtari Nichome, Nagaokakyō-shi, Kyoto-fu 617-0833
Country:Japan
Coordinates:34.9235°N 135.7007°W
Owned: JR-West
Line: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)
Distance:10.1km (06.3miles) from
Platforms:2 island platforms
Tracks:4
Train Operators: JR-West
Structure:Elevated
Accessible:Yes
Former:Kōtari (until 1995)
Passengers:20521 daily
Pass Year:FY2021
Map Type:Japan Kyoto Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Nagaokakyō Station
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:17

is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nagaokakyō, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Nagaokakyō Station is one of the two railway stations in the city of Nagaokakyō. The other is Nagaoka-Tenjin Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line.

Lines

Nagaokakyō Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyōto Line), and lies 10.1km (06.3miles) from the starting point of the line at, 32.7 km to and 523.7& kilometers from . Only local trains stop at this station.

Station layout

Nagaokakyō Station has two island platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Tracks No. 1 and 4 are fenced as all trains on the outer tracks pass through this station without stopping.

Passenger statistics

According to the Kyoto Prefecture statistical book, in fiscal 2019 the station was used by 20,521 passengers per day.[1]

History

Nagaokakyō station opened as on 1 August 1931 by virtue of local villagers’ eager petitions to the Railway Ministry. The station was named after the village (Shin-Kōtari). On 1 September 1995, the station was renamed Nagaokakyō, the present city name.

Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Nagaokakyō being assigned station number JR-A35.[2] [3]

Environs

The headquarters of Murata Manufacturing are just east of the station. Nagaoka-Tenjin Station of Hankyu Kyoto Line is located about 1 km west of the station.

In front of the east exit of the station, a miniature of bullet-marked chimney is standing. This is a monument of an attack by an enemy carrier-based aircraft to Kōtari area on July 19, 1945, which killed one and injured others.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/tokei/yearly/tokeisyo/tokeisyotop.html Kyoto Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
  2. Web site: 20 July 2016 . 近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します! . "Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area! . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010608/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/07/page_8973.html . 16 November 2022 . 30 December 2022 . westjr.co.jp . ja.
  3. Web site: 20 July 2016 . 「駅ナンバー」一覧表 . "Station number" list . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010610/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/160720_01_ekinumber.pdf . 16 November 2022 . 30 December 2022 . westjr.co.jp . ja.
  4. Web site: http://www.city.nagaokakyo.kyoto.jp/contents/01010012.html. ja:7月19日は平和の日. Japanese. 長岡京市.