Nagai Station (Osaka)
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Nagai 長居 | |
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| Location | Nagaihigashi Yonchome, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市住吉区長居東4丁目） Japan |
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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 Metro; 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[edit]
JR West Hanwa Line[edit]
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR West | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hanwa Line | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Station code | JR-R24 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 18 July 1929 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Rinnanji-mae (until 1944) | ||||||||||
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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.
| 1 | ■ Hanwa Line | for Ōtori, Hineno and Wakayama |
| 2 | ■ Hanwa Line | for Tennōji |
Osaka Metro Midosuji Line[edit]
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Osaka Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Midōsuji Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | M 26 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1960 | ||||||||||
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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.
| 1 | ■ Midosuji Line | for Abiko and Nakamozu |
| 2 | ■ Midosuji Line | for Tennōji, Namba, Umeda and Minoh-kayano |
Surroundings[edit]
Nagai Park[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Osaka Gakugei Senior High School
- Osaka Gakugei Secondary School
- Osaka Municipal Nagai Elementary School
- Osaka Municipal Abiko Junior High School
Shopping and finance[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 18 July 1929 - Rinnanji-mae Station (臨南寺前駅) on Hanwa Electric Railway opened.
- 1 December 1940 - Hanwa Electric Railway became the Yamanote Line of Nankai Railway.
- 1 May 1944 - Yamanote Line was nationalized and became the Hanwa Line. Rinnanji-mae Station was renamed Nagai Station.
- 1 July 1960- Nagai Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line opened.
- 16 October 2004- Hanwa Line northbound station was elevated.
- 21 May 2006 - Hanwa Line southbound station was elevated.
- March 2018 - March 2018 - Station numbering was introduced to the Hanwa Line with Nagai being assigned station number JR-R24.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
External links[edit]
- Sumiyoshi-ku website in English
- Station guide (in Japanese) - Osaka Metro
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