Kansai Airport Station
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is a train station shared by Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
and West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
at Kansai International Airport
in Tajiri
, Sennan District
, Osaka Prefecture
, Japan
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s serving 2 tracks for each company.
Nankai Electric Railway
is a private railway in Japan. IC cards are accepted.Nankai Railway Company was founded on June 16, 1884, then became one of the companies that merge to form Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in 1944. However Kin-nichi transferred the former Nankai Railway Company Lines to present Nankai Electric...
and West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
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:...
at Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport
is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, southwest of Ōsaka Station, located within three municipalities, including Izumisano , Sennan , and Tajiri , in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The airport is off the Honshu shore. The airport serves as an...
in Tajiri
Tajiri, Osaka
is a town located in Sennan District, Osaka, Japan.As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 7,909 and a density of 1,595 persons per km². The total area is 4.96 km².It is the smallest town in Osaka Prefecture...
, Sennan District
Sennan District, Osaka
Sennan is a district located in Osaka, Japan.As of 2009, the district has an estimated population of 70,631 and a density of 991 persons per km². The total area is 71.27 km²....
, 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...
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Layout
This station has an island platformIsland 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...
s serving 2 tracks for each company.
- Nankai Airport Limited Express trains "Rapi:tRapi:tis a rapid train service between Kansai International Airport and Namba Station in Osaka, Japan. It is operated by Nankai Electric Railway, and the train service uses on the Nankai Main Line and the Airport Line....
" depart mainly from Track 1.