Nishi-Tawaramoto Station

Nishi-Tawaramoto Station 西田原本駅
Nishi-Tawaramoto Station
Location
Prefecture	Nara (See other stations in Nara)
District	Shiki
Town	Tawaramoto
Neighborhood etc.	202-2, Tonomachi
Coordinates	34°33′13.09″N 135°47′22.75″E / 34.5536361°N 135.7896528°E / 34.5536361; 135.7896528Coordinates: 34°33′13.09″N 135°47′22.75″E / 34.5536361°N 135.7896528°E / 34.5536361; 135.7896528
Postal code	636-0317
(in Japanese)	奈良県磯城郡田原本町殿町202-2
History
Year opened	1918
Former name	Tawaramoto Station
Present name since	1964
Rail services
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Line(s)	Tawaramoto Line
Statistics	5,252 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Nishi-Tawaramoto Station(西田原本駅) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Tawaramoto Line in Tawaramoto, Shiki District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

• Kintetsu Corporation
  • Tawaramoto Line
  • Kashihara Line (Tawaramoto Station)

layout

Station layout
Legend
↑Kuroda / Iwami↑ Tawaramoto→ 1 2

This station has an island platform serving 2 tracks.

History

• 1918 Apr. 16 - This station opened as Yamato Railway Tawaramoto Station.
• ( 1923 - Osaka Electric Trum Tawaramoto Station opened )
• 1944 Jan. 11 Operation between Tawaramoto and Sakurai was stopped.
• 1958 The line between Tawaramoto and Sakurai was closed.
• 1964 Oct. 1 - Shigi Ikoma Electric Railway merged Yamato Railway.
• 1964 Oct. 1 - Kintetsu merged Shigi Ikoma Electric Railway. This station was renamed to Nishi-Tawaramoto.
• 2007 Apr. 1 - Starts using PiTaPa.

Adjacent stations

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