is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the town of Ōyodo, Yoshino District,

Nara Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company,

Kintetsu Railway , referred to as and officially Kinki-Nippon Railway, is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railw ...

Line

Muda Station is served by the

Yoshino Line The is a railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. It connects in Kashihara and in Yoshino. All Express and Limited Express trains continue to and from Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the ...

and is 20.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 60.4 kilometers from .

Layout

The station ground-level station with two opposing

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s and two tracks. The effective length of the platform is long enough for four cars. The station building is on the Yoshino side of the outbound platform, and is connected to the inbound platform by a level crossing. The station premises include the Muda Train Depot. The old Yoshino Station was located to the east of the current station building, towards the current on-site depot. The remains of the platform can still be seen at the back of the depot.

Platforms

History

The station opened as on 25 October 1912 when the Yoshino Light Railway opened between Yoshinoguchi and this station. The station was renamed to its present name on 25 March 1928. The Yoshino Railway merged with the Osaka Electric Tramway on 1 August 1929, which in turn merged with the Sangu Express Railway on 15 March 1941 to form the Kansai Express Railway. The Kansai Express Rail merged with Nankai Railway on 1 June 1944 to form the Kintetsu Railway Yoshino Line
Kintetsu Company History

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 453 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
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Surrounding area

* Seson-ji * Japan National Route 169

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912 Railway stations in Nara Prefecture Ōyodo, Nara Stations of Kintetsu Railway {{Nara-railstation-stub