is a train station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 on the West Japan Railway Company

West Japan Railway Company

, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

 (JR West) Osaka Higashi Line in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture

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...

.

Layout

There is an island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 with two tracks elevated.

History

The station was initially planned under the provisional name . JR West preferred Nagase, a widely known place name, for the definite station name rather than obscure Kashita, but since there is a separate Nagase Station

Nagase Station

is a train station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line in Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. This station serves Kinki University.-Layout:This station has 2 side platforms serving a track each. Only local trains stop at the station because there are level crossings on both sides of the...

 on the Kintetsu Osaka Line, the station was finally named JR Nagase.

• August 23, 2007 – Press release by JR West of the determination of the station name as JR Nagase
• March 15, 2008 – Opening of the station

Adjacent stations