Nagaokakyō Station
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Nagaokakyō Station
長岡京駅
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| Prefecture | Kyoto (See other stations in Kyoto) |
| City | Nagaokakyō |
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| Year opened | 1931 |
| Former name | Kōtari Station |
| Year renamed to the present name |
1995 |
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| Operator(s) | West Japan Railway Company |
| Line(s) | JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) |
Nagaokakyō Station (長岡京駅 Nagaokakyō-eki?) is a railway station located in Nagaokakyō, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It serves the JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) of West Japan Railway Company. The distances to major stations are 10.1 km to Kyoto Station, 32.7 km to Osaka Station and 523.7 km to Tokyo Station.
Nagaokakyō Station is one of the two railway stations in the city of Nagaokakyō. The other is Nagaoka-Tenjin Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line.
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[edit] Trains
Local and Rapid Service trains of the JR Kyoto Line stop at the station.
[edit] Station facilities
Nagaokakyō Station has two island platforms. Stairs, escalators and elevators connect the two platforms to the upper level concourse. The station provides automated and window services for passengers including seat reservation.
| 1 | ■JR Kyoto Line | passing trains |
| 2 | ■JR Kyōto Line | for Kyōto, Kusatsu and Maibara |
| 3 | ■JR Kyōto Line | for Takatsuki, Osaka, Sannomiya and Nishi-Akashi |
| 4 | ■JR Kyoto Line | for Takatsuki, Osaka, Sannomiya and Nishi-Akashi (only one rapid service on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and obon days) |
[edit] History
Nagaokakyō station opened as Kōtari Station (神足駅 Kōtari-eki?) on August 1, 1931 by virtue of local villagers’ eager petitions to the Railway Ministry. The station was named after the village (Shin-Kōtari). On September 1, 1995, the station was renamed Nagaokakyō, the present city name.
[edit] Environs
The headquarters of Murata Manufacturing are just east of the station. Nagaoka-Tenjin Station of Hankyu Kyoto Line is located about 1 km west of the station.
In fromt of the east exit of the station, a miniature of bullet-marked chimney is standing. This is a monument of an attack by an enemy carrier-based aircraft to Kōtari area on July 19, 1945, which killed one and injured some.[1]
[edit] Adjacent stations
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| Special Rapid Service: no stop | ||||
| Kyoto | Rapid service (a part of trains in the morning and at night) |
Takatsuki | ||
| Mukōmachi | Local (Including rapid service to and from the west of Takatsuki) |
Yamazaki | ||
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