Kawachi-Eiwa Station
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Kintetsu
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Nara Line in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture
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(JR West) Osaka Higashi Line.
Lines
Kintetsu Corporation- Nara Line (Kawachi-Eiwa Station)
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 (JR Kawachi-Eiwa Station)
Kawachi-Eiwa Station (Kintetsu)
- There are 2 side platformSide platformA 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 2 tracks.
JR Kawachi-Eiwa Station (JR West)
- There is an island platformIsland platformAn 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...
and 2 tracks elevated.
History
- 1936 - Hitonomichi Station on Osaka Electric Tramway opened.
- 1937 - Hitonomichi Station was temporarily closed.
- 1938 - Hitonomichi station was opened again as Eiwa Station
- 1941 - Eiwa Station was renamed Kawachi-Eiwa
- 1941 - Osaka Electric Tramway merged with Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway and Kawachi-Eiwa Station became a station of Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway.
- 1944 - Kawachi-Eiwa Station became a station of Kintetsu.
- 2007 - 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"...
started to be accepted. - 2008 - JR Kawachi-Eiwa Station was opened.
Adjacent stations
Coordinates
- Kawachi-Eiwa Station (Kintetsu): 34.66436°N 135.572914°E
- JR Kawachi-Eiwa Station: 34.664086°N 135.572319°E