is a passenger

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in located in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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. It is the main station of the city and was the nearest station to

Fujiidera Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Fujiidera, Osaka, Japan. It was used mostly for baseball and was the home of the Kintetsu Buffaloes prior to the Osaka Dome opening in 1997. The stadium had a capacity of 32,000 people. The stadium was built in 1928, ...

, formerly the home of the

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Lines

Fujiidera Station is served by the

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, and is located 13.7 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōsaka Abenobashi Station.

Station layout

The station was consists of two ground-level

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s connected by an elevated station building. There is a storage track in the west of the station, extending from Track 1.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Fujiidera Station opened on April 18, 1922.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 35,802 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

*AEON Mall Fujiidera *Fujiidera City Hall * Fujii-dera (

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No. 5) *Fujiidera Elementary School *Fujiidera-nishi Elementary School *Fujiidera Junior High School *

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, Junior College High School *Osaka Prefectural Fujiidera Technology High School *Shitennoji Gakuen Elementary School

Bus stops

These bus services are operated by Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. ;South side *Bus stop 1 **Route 71 for Shitennoji University via Fujigaoka, Nonaka and Karusato **Route 78 for Shitennoji University via Fujigaoka and Nonoue *Bus stop 2 (for Fujigaoka and Nonaka) **Route 72 for Fujigaoka, Nonaka, Habikigaoka Hatchome and Habikigaoka-nishi Sanchome **Route 73 for Habikigaoka-nishi Sanchome via Fujigaoka, Nonaka and Habikigaoka-nishi Nichome **Route 74 for -ekimae via Fujigaoka and Nonaka **Route 75 for Fujigaoka, Nonaka, Habikigaoka-nishi Sanchome, Habikigaoka Hatchome **Route 77 for Furuichi-ekimae via Fujigaoka and Habikino City Hall **Route 84 for Gakuen-mae Gochome via Nonaka, Habikiyama Jutaku-mae, Momoyamadai Nichome *Bus stop 3 (for Nonoue) **Route 61 for Shitennoji University via Nonoue and Habikiyama Jutaku-mae **Route 62 for Nonoue, Habikigaoka Hatchome and Habikigaoka-nishi Sanchome **Route 63 for Habikigaoka-nishi Sanchome via Nonoue and Habikigaoka-nishi Nichome **Route 64 for Furuichi-ekimae via Nonoue and Karusato Sanchome **Route 65 for Nonoue, Habikigaoka-nishi Sanchome, Habikigaoka Hatchome **Route 66 for Habikigaoka-nishi Nichome-higashi via Nonoue and Habikigaoka Hatchome **Route 83 for Gakuen-mae Gochome via Nonoue, Habikiyama Jutaku-mae, Momoyamadai Nichome ;North side *Route 70 for -ekimae via -ekimae, Minami-Taishido and *Route 71 for Minami-Taishido via Yaominami-ekimae *the "Flying Liner" for

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West Gate,

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Yaesu Dori and Tohoku Kyuko Bus Tokyo Office

References

External links

Kintetsu: Fujiidera Station
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1922 Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Fujiidera {{Osaka-railstation-stub