Hyotan-yama Station (Osaka)
Encyclopedia
is a train station on the Kintetsu Nara Line in Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture
, Japan
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s and four tracks.
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Building
The station has two side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s and four tracks.
History
- 1914 - The station opens as a station of Osaka Electric Tramway (Daiki)
- 1941 - Daiki merges with Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway; becomes a station of Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway
- 1944 - Becomes a station of Kintetsu
- 1997 - Concourse rebuilt on top of the platforms
- 2006 - Promoted to Suburban Semi Express stop
- 2007 - Starts using PiTaPaPiTaPais a contactless smart card ticketing and electronic money system used in the Kansai region of Japan. The name PiTaPa is an acronym of "Postpay IC for Touch and Pay"...