Nagaokakyō Station


Nagaokakyō Station is a railway station located in Nagaokakyō, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It serves the JR Kyoto Line of West Japan Railway Company. The distances to major stations are 10.1 km to Kyoto Station, 32.7 km to Osaka Station and 523.7 km to Tokyo Station.
Nagaokakyō Station is one of the two railway stations in the city of Nagaokakyō. The other is Nagaoka-Tenjin Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line.

Trains

Local trains and rapid service trains of the JR Kyoto Line stop at the station.

Station facilities

Nagaokakyō Station has two island platforms. Stairs, escalators and elevators connect the two platforms to the upper level concourse. The station provides automated and window services for passengers including seat reservation.

History

Nagaokakyō station opened as Kōtari Station on August 1, 1931 by virtue of local villagers’ eager petitions to the Railway Ministry. The station was named after the village. On September 1, 1995, the station was renamed Nagaokakyō, the present city name.

Environs

The headquarters of Murata Manufacturing are just east of the station. Nagaoka-Tenjin Station of Hankyu Kyoto Line is located about 1 km west of the station.
In front of the east exit of the station, a miniature of bullet-marked chimney is standing. This is a monument of an attack by an enemy carrier-based aircraft to Kōtari area on July 19, 1945, which killed one and injured some.

Adjacent stations