is a railway station on the

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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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Lines

Kita-Senri Station is the northern terminus of the 13.6 km

Station layout

The station has two

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s serving two elevated tracks. Ticket gates are located under the platforms and the tracks. It was the first station in the world to use automated ticket gates, developed by

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, and introduced in 1967.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Kita-Senri Station opened on 1 March 1967.

Passenger statistics

In 2011, the station was used by an average of 28,549 passengers daily.

References

External links

Kita-Senri Station
from Hankyu Railway website {{coord, 34.8198, N, 135.5113, E, type:railwaystation_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1967