Miwa Station
Miwa Station 三輪駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ōaza Miwa,Sakurai-shi, Nara-ken 633-0001 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°31′38″N 135°50′54″E / 34.527164°N 135.848425°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operated by | Unstaffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 18.0 km (11.2 miles) from Nara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform and 1 converted side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0621708 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 May 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | 715 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Miwa Station (三輪駅, Miwa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sakurai, Nara, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
[edit]Although the station is on the Sakurai Line as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services. It is 18.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nara.
Layout
[edit]Miwa Station is an above-ground station with two side platforms and two tracks, allowing trains to pass each other, and the effective length of the platform can accommodate up to six cars. There is a station building on the No. 1 (upbound) platform side, and an footbridge connects to No. 2 (downbound) platform.. The station is unattended.[1]
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Man-yō Mahoroba Line—Local | for Nara |
| 2 | ■ Man-yō Mahoroba Line—Local | for Wakayama, Ōji, Takada, and Sakurai |
| ■ Man-yō Mahoroba Line—Rapid Service | for JR Namba |
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Ticket Office
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Overpass
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Platforms
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Temporary exit gate
History
[edit]Miwa Station opened on 11 May 1898 as a station on the Nara Railway. The Nara Railway was acquired by the Kansai Railway in 1905, which was subsequently nationalized in 1907.[2]With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Passenger statistics
[edit]The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2020 was 715 passengers.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]External links
[edit] Media related to Miwa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
References
[edit]- ^ "三輪駅" [Miwa Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ 停車場変遷大事典. 国鉄・JR 編 [Encyclopedia of Station Changes] (in Japanese). Nihon Kōtsū Kōsha, 日本交通公社. (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō: JTB. 1998. ISBN 4-533-02980-9. OCLC 41362424.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook 2021 Chapter 13: Transportation and Communications - JR Transportation Performance
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