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 (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:...

 Hanwa Line

Hanwa Line

The is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7-kilometre branchline in Osaka suburb....

 in Nishi-Tanabecho Nichome, Abeno-ku

Abeno-ku, Osaka

is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in southern Osaka city and has a population of over 107,000. In the northern part of Abeno, Abenobashi, there is the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line which terminates at Abenobashi Station, the Midōsuji Line and Tanimachi Line of the Osaka Municipal...

, Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, 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

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. When the platforms and the tracks were located on the ground, the station was located in Yamasaka Gochome, Higashisumiyoshi-ku.

Layout

When the station was located on the ground level, it had 2 side platforms serving a track each. Now, the station is elevated (northbound in 2004, southbound in 2006) and has 2 island platforms serving 2 tracks each.

Surroundings

• Nagai Park
  Nagai Park
  is a large park located in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. Its facilities include three multipurpose sports stadiums, including 50,000-seat Nagai Stadium, a baseball field, Nagai Botanical Garden, which boasts over 1,000 species of trees and flowers, a swimming pool and gymnasium, and a tract of...
  
  
  • Nagai Stadium
    Nagai Stadium
    is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...
    
    
  • Nagai Ball Gall Field
    Nagai Ball Gall Field
    , named for J. League association football games, Top League rugby football games, and X-League American football games, is a football and rugby union stadium located in Nagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan...
    
     (Kincho Stadium)
• the headquarters of Sharp Corporation
  Sharp Corporation
  is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first...
  
  
• Nishitanabe Station
  Nishitanabe Station
  is a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan.-Layout:*There are two side platforms with two tracks underground.-Surroundings:*the Headquarters of Sharp Corporation*Nagaike Park*Nagai Stadium...
  
   (Osaka Municipal Subway
  Osaka Municipal Subway
  is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily of which the Osaka...
  
   Midosuji Line)

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