is a railway 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 in Nagaokakyō

Nagaokakyo, Kyoto

is a city located in Kyoto, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 79,306 and the density of 4,070.96 persons per km². The total area is 19.18 km²....

, Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro....

, Japan

Japan

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. It serves the JR Kyoto Line

JR Kyoto Line

The is the common name of a portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station. The line is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company ....

 (Tōkaidō Main Line

Tokaido Main Line

The is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...

) of West Japan Railway Company

West Japan Railway Company

, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

. The distances to major stations are 10.1 km to Kyoto Station

Kyoto Station

is the most important transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest train station building and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof...

, 32.7 km to Osaka Station

Osaka Station

is a station on the West Japan Railway Company located in the Umeda district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the city's main rail terminal in the north....

 and 523.7 km to Tokyo Station

Tokyo Station

is a train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district....

.

Nagaokakyō Station is one of the two railway stations in the city of Nagaokakyō. The other is Nagaoka-Tenjin Station

Nagaoka-Tenjin Station

is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:There are two island platforms with four tracks on the ground. Ticket gates are located in the building above the tracks....

 on the Hankyu Kyoto Line.

Trains

Local trains (including rapid service trains after the morning) and rapid service trains (in the morning) of the JR Kyoto Line stop at the station.

Station facilities

Nagaokakyō Station has two island platform

Island platform

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s. Stairs

Stairway

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, escalator

Escalator

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s and elevator

Elevator

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s connect the two platforms to the upper level concourse

Concourse

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. The station provides automated and window services for passengers including seat reservation.

History

Nagaokakyō station opened as on August 1, 1931 by virtue of local villagers’ eager petitions to the Railway Ministry. The station was named after the village

Villages of Japan

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 (Shin-Kōtari). On September 1, 1995, the station was renamed Nagaokakyō, the present city name.

Environs

The headquarters of Murata Manufacturing

Murata Manufacturing

is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic components, based in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto.Honorary Chairman Akira Murata started Murata Manufacturing as a personal venture in October, 1944. On December, 1950 reorganized the company into Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd...

 are just east of the station. Nagaoka-Tenjin Station of Hankyu Kyoto Line is located about 1 km west of the station.

In fromt of the east exit of the station, a miniature of bullet-marked chimney is standing. This is a monument of an attack

Airstrike

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 by an enemy

United States

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 carrier

Aircraft carrier

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-based aircraft

Aircraft

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to Kōtari area on July 19, 1945, which killed one and injured some.

Adjacent stations

External links

• Nagaokakyō Station (JR West official site)