is a train station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 located toward the southern end of the Osaka Municipal Subway

Osaka Municipal Subway

is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily of which the Osaka...

 Midosuji Line, as well as Abikocho Station

Abikocho Station

is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company Hanwa Line in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:This station has 2 side platform elevated serving a track each. The northbound platform was elevated in 2004 and the southbound one in 2006....

 on the JR Hanwa Line

Hanwa Line

The is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7-kilometre branchline in Osaka suburb....

 in Sumiyoshi-ku

Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka

is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located on the southern part of the Uemachi Plateau, in the southern most part of Osaka City, and is separated from Sakai City's Sakai-ku and Kita-ku by the Yamato River...

, Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Abiko is situated on the Southern city limits, with the Yamato River separating it from Sakai city. Abikocho Station is the nearest stop for Osaka City University

Osaka City University

, abbreviated to , is a public university in Japan. It is located in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City.- History :OCU's predecessor was founded in 1880, as the Osaka Commercial Training Institute with donations by local merchants. It developed into Osaka Commercial School in 1885, then was municipalized in...

. The station is informed in hiragana because the three kanjis of Abiko (我孫子) is difficult to read.

Layout

• There are ticket gates and two side platform
  Side platform
  A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
  
  s with two tracks on the first basement.

Stations next to Abiko

External links

• http://www.city.osaka.jp/sumiyoshi/english/