Shin-Hōsono Station

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Shin-Hōsono Station (新祝園駅, Shin-Hōsono Eki^?) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line located in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Both express and local trains stop at Shin-Hōsono Station. It is one of the major stations of the Kansai Science City.

Contents 1 Lines 2 Facilities 2.1 Platforms 3 Bus connections 4 History 5 Adjacent stations

[edit] Lines

• Kintetsu Corporation
  • Kyoto Line

[edit] Facilities

The station has 2 platforms and 4 tracks. An elevated walkway connects the station with the adjacent Hōsono Station on the Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) of JR West.

[edit] Platforms

1	■Kintetsu Kyoto Line	Southbound (For Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara, Tenri, and Kashiharajingu-mae)
2	■Kintetsu Kyoto Line	Southbound (For Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara, Tenri, and Kashiharajingu-mae)
3	■Kintetsu Kyoto Line	Northbound (For Shin-Tanabe, Kintetsu Tambabashi, Takeda, and Kyoto)
4	■Kintetsu Kyoto Line	Northbound (For Shin-Tanabe, Kintetsu Tambabashi, Takeda, and Kyoto)

[edit] Bus connections

Nara Kōtsū 奈良交通

• Platform 11
  • 36, 47, 48, 74
• Platform 2
  • 38,39,41,66
• Platform 3
  • 73
• Seika circuit bus
  • North Route
  • South Route

[edit] History

• 1928 - The station opens when Nara Electric Railway starts operation between Momoyamagoryo-mae and Saidaiji
• 1963 - NER merges into Kintetsu
• 1994 - Station house is rebuilt as an elevated building
• 2000 - The station is promoted to an express train stop
• 2007 - Starts using PiTaPa

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Kintetsu Kyoto Line
Shin-Tanabe		Express (急行)		Takanohara
Komada		Local (普通)		Kizugawadai

v • d • e Stations of the Kintetsu Kyoto Line Kyoto • Tōji • Jūjō • Kamitobaguchi • Takeda • Fushimi • Tambabashi • Momoyamagoryō-mae • Mukaijima • Ogura • Iseda • Ōkubo • Kutsukawa • Terada • Tonoshō • Shin-Tanabe • Kōdo • Miyamaki • Miyazu • Komada • Shin-Hōsono • Kizugawadai • Yamadagawa • Takanohara • Heijō • Yamato-Saidaiji ( >> Nara Line • Kashihara Line)