Tsurugaoka Station Explained

Tsurugaoka Station
Native Name:鶴ヶ丘駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Style:JR West
Address:3-18, Nishi-Tanabechō Nichome, Abeno, Osaka, Osaka
Country:Japan
Coordinates:34.6177°N 135.5166°W
Operator:JR West
Line:Hanwa Line
Platforms:2 Island platforms
Tracks:4
Code:JR-R23
Opened:1938
Former:Hanwa Tsurugaoka; Nankai Tsurugaoka (until 1944)

is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Hanwa Line in Nishi-Tanabecho Nichome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. When the platforms and the tracks were located on the ground, the station was located in Yamasaka Gochome, Higashisumiyoshi-ku. It is administrated by Sakaishi Station.

This station has been decorated Cerezo Osaka association football team color, logo and players since 2009 as it is the nearest station to Nagai Park, Nagai Stadium and Nagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium), the home of Cerezo.[1]

Layout

When the station was located on the ground level, it had two side platforms serving 1 track each. After the elevation (northbound in 2004, southbound in 2006), it has two island platforms serving two tracks each.

Surroundings

History

References

  1. Web site: JR西日本阪和線鶴ケ丘駅の装飾が"セレッソカラー"に!. Cerezo color decoration at Tsurugaoka Station on the Hanwa Line (JR West). Cerezo Osaka. April 9, 2013. Japanese. May 26, 2009.
  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.