Ichibu Station (Nara)
Appearance
Ichibu Station 一分駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Ichibu Station in August 2013 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 902-3, Ichibu-chō, Ikoma, Nara 630-0222 (奈良県生駒市壱分町902-3) Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°40′31″N 135°42′29″E / 34.675322°N 135.708022°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Kintetsu Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Ikoma Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes (ramps to platform level) | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | G19 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 28 December 1926, 97 years ago | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
18 November 2008 | 5,336 daily | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Ichibu Station (一分駅, Ichibu-eki) is a station in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture, Japan, on the Kintetsu Ikoma Line of the Kintetsu Railway.
The name of 'Ichibu' can be found in a record written in 8th century, as a place of the residence of Prince Arima in the 7th century.
History
[edit]- 1926 (Showa 1) December 28: Ikoma Line was extended. Ichibu Station was opened along with other stations between Motosanjōguchi Station and Ikoma Station.[1]
- 1964 (Showa 39) October 1: Kinki Nippon Railway, which had been the owner of Ichibu Station, was acquired by Kintetsu Railway. Ichibu Station became part of the Kintetsu Ikoma Line.[1]
- 1977 (Showa 52) July 31: Double track was added in Nabata, Ichibu and Minami-Ikoma Stations.[2]
- 2007 (Heisei 19) April 1: PiTaPa system was incorporated to the station.[3]
Lines
[edit]Surrounding area
[edit]National Route 168
- Ikoma Senior High School
- Ikoma Jinja
- Daini-Hanna Road Ichibu Slip Road
- Chikurin-ji
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sone, Satoru (29 August 2010). 週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 大手私鉄 [Weekly All Railway Routes in History Major Private Railways] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. p. 18. ISBN 978-4-02-340133-4.
- ^ 近畿日本鉄道 100年のあゆみ [Kinki Nippon Railway 100 years of history] (in Japanese). Osaka: Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. 2010. p. 870.
- ^ "平成19年4月1日から、近鉄主要路線でICカードの利用が可能になります" [From April 1, 2007, IC cards can be used on Kintetsu main lines.] (PDF). Kintetsu.jp (in Japanese). 30 January 2007.