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 Sangō,

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

Seya-Kitaguchi Station is served by the

Ikoma Line The is a railway line of Kintetsu Railway in Nara Prefecture, Japan connecting Ikoma Station in the city of Ikoma and Ōji Station in the town of Ōji. Having a total length of , the entirely electrified standard gauge line is partially dou ...

and is 1.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Layout

The station is a ground-level station on a slope with a single

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, ...

and one track. The station building and platform are on the right side when facing Ōji. The effective length of the platform is for four cars..The station is unattended.

History

Seya-Kitaguchi Station opened on 20 November 1951 on the Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railroad. The Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railroad was merged with the Kintetsu Railway on 1 October 1964.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1023 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
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Surrounding area

The station is located in a residential area.

References

External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1951 Railway stations in Nara Prefecture Sangō, Nara Stations of Kintetsu Railway {{Nara-railstation-stub