Kintetsu Nara Station
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Operated byKintetsu Railway
LineNara Line
Kintetsu Nara Station 近鉄奈良駅 | |||||
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 Kintetsu Nara Station Building, September 2014 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 29 Higashimuki-Nakamachi, Nara, Nara （奈良県奈良市東向中町29） Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°41′3.97″N 135°49′38.71″E / 34.6844361°N 135.8274194°E | ||||
| Operated by | Kintetsu Railway | ||||
| Line | Nara Line | ||||
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| Other information | |||||
| Station code | A28 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 30 April 1914 | ||||
| Previous names | Nara; Daiki Nara Station Kankyu Nara Station Kinki Nippon Nara (until 1970) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2012 | 51,147 daily | ||||
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Kintetsu Nara Station (近鉄奈良駅, Kintetsu-Nara-eki) is a railway station on the Nara Line in Nara, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.
The station is the terminal station on the Nara Line. Kintetsu operates through expresses and limited expresses from Kyoto Station and Ōsaka Namba Station in Osaka. Passengers taking non through trains from Kyoto on the Kyoto Line have to change trains at Yamato-Saidaiji Station to get to Kintetsu Nara.
Station layout
The station consists of four platforms with four tracks on the second basement level.
Platforms
| 1 - 4 | ■ Nara Line | for Yamato-Saidaiji, Ōsaka Namba, Amagasaki, Koshien, and Kobe Sannomiya |
| ■ Kyoto Line through trains | for Kyoto and Kokusaikaikan |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Nara Line (A28) | ||||
| Including Kyoto Line through trains | ||||
| Shin-Ōmiya (A27) | Local | Terminus | ||
| Shin-Ōmiya (A27) | Semi-Express Suburban Semi-Express |
Terminus | ||
| Shin-Ōmiya (A27) | Express | Terminus | ||
| Shin-Omiya (A27) | Rapid Express | Terminus | ||
| Yamato-Saidaiji (A26/B26) | Limited Express | Terminus | ||
History
Passenger statistics
In 2010, the station was used by an average of 67,761 passengers daily.[1]
