Tsurugaoka Station

Tsurugaoka Station 鶴ヶ丘駅
Concourse of the station
Location	3-18, Nishi-Tanabechō Nichome, Abeno, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市阿倍野区西田辺町二丁目3-18） Japan
Coordinates	34°37′3.8″N 135°30′59.81″E / 34.617722°N 135.5166139°E / 34.617722; 135.5166139Coordinates: 34°37′3.8″N 135°30′59.81″E / 34.617722°N 135.5166139°E / 34.617722; 135.5166139
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Hanwa Line
Connections
History
Opened	1938
Previous names	Hanwa Tsurugaoka; Nankai Tsurugaoka (until 1944)

Tsurugaoka Station (鶴ヶ丘駅, Tsurugaoka-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Hanwa Line in Nishi-Tanabecho Nichome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. When the platforms and the tracks were located on the ground, the station was located in Yamasaka Gochome, Higashisumiyoshi-ku. It is administrated by Sakaishi Station.

This station has been decorated Cerezo Osaka association football team color, logo and players since 2009 as it is the nearest station to Nagai Park, Nagai Stadium and Nagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium), the home of Cerezo.^[1]

Layout

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

Surroundings

• Nagai Park
  • Nagai Stadium
  • Nagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium)
• Sharp Corporation
• Nishitanabe Station (Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line)

References

1. ↑ "JR西日本阪和線鶴ケ丘駅の装飾が"セレッソカラー"に!" [Cerezo color decoration at Tsurugaoka Station on the Hanwa Line (JR West)] (in Japanese). Cerezo Osaka. May 26, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2013. 

Adjacent stations