Nagai Station (Osaka)

Nagai Station (長居駅, Nagai eki) is a railway station in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is served by the Hanwa Line of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the Midōsuji Line of Osaka Municipal Subway; the former uses elevated tracks and the latter uses underground tracks. The subway station is assigned the station number M26. Nagai is located south of Tennoji in Sumiyoshi-ku and maintains Nagai Park and Nagai Stadium, an international standard football stadium home to the J-League team Cerezo Osaka.

Layout

JR West Hanwa Line

Nagai 長居
JR West
JR station building
Location	3-52, Nagaihigashi Yonchome, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市住吉区長居東4丁目3-52） Japan
Coordinates	34°36′40.01″N 135°30′45.35″E / 34.6111139°N 135.5125972°E / 34.6111139; 135.5125972 (Nagai Station (JR West))
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Hanwa Line
History
Opened	1929
Previous names	Rinnanji-mae (until 1944)

This station is administrated by Sakaishi Station. When it was located on the ground level, Nagai Station had two island platforms serving 2 tracks each. The station is currently elevated (northbound in 2004, southbound in 2006) and has two side platforms serving a track each. Ticket gate is located in the north under the platforms and tracks.

Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line

Nagai 長居
Osaka Municipal Subway
Subway station exit
Location	6-5, Nagaihigashi Yonchome, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市住吉区長居東4丁目6-5） Japan
Coordinates	34°36′34.35″N 135°30′49.37″E / 34.6095417°N 135.5137139°E / 34.6095417; 135.5137139 (Nagai station (Osaka Municipal Subway))
Operated by	Osaka Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Midōsuji Line
Other information
Station code	M26
History
Opened	1960

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the second basement. Ticket gates are located in the north and the south on the first basement.

Surroundings

Nagai Park

• Nagai Stadium
• Nagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium)
• Nagai Aid Stadium
• Nagai Pool
• Nagai Youth Hostel
• Nagai Botanical Garden
• Osaka Museum of Natural History
• Rinnan-ji

Schools

• Osaka Gakugei Senior High School
• Osaka Gakugei Secondary School
• Osaka Municipal Nagai Elementary School
• Osaka Municipal Abiko Junior High School

Shopping and Finance

• Supermarket Life Nagai
• Kansai Super Nagai
• Nagai Hondori Shotengai
• The Kinki Osaka Bank Nagai Branch
• The Senshu-Ikeda Bank Nagai Branch
• The Juso Shinkin Bank Nagai Branch
• Japan Post Group
  • Sumiyoshi Nagai Post Office
  • Sumiyoshi Nagai-4 Post Office
  • Sumiyoshi Nagai-higashi Post Office

Buses

• Subway Nagai (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
  • Route 4 for Subway Suminoekoen / for Deto Bus Terminal
  • Route 24 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Minami-Nagai
  • Route 40 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Deto Bus Terminal
• Nagainishi Nichome (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
  • Route 24 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Minami-Nagai
  • Route 40 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Deto Bus Terminal

History

• 1929-07-18 - Rinnanji-mae Station (臨南寺前駅) on Hanwa Electric Railway opened.
• 1940-12-01 - Hanwa Electric Railway became the Yamanote Line of Nankai Railway.
• 1944-05-01 - Yamanote Line was nationalized and became the Hanwa Line. Rinnanji-mae Station was renamed Nagai Station.
• 1960-07-01 - Nagai Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line opened.
• 2004-10-16- Hanwa Line northbound station was elevated.
• 2006-05-21 - Hanwa Line southbound station was elevated.

Stations next to Nagai

External links

• Sumiyoshi-ku website in English
• Station guide (in Japanese) - Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau