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Tsutsui Station (筒井駅, Tsutsui-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.
Lines
Tsutsui Station is served by the Kashihara Line and is 8.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Yamato-Saidaiji and 43.0 kilometers from Kyoto.
Layout
The station is an elevated station (the only one on the Kashihara Line) with two opposing side platforms and two tracks. The effective length of the platform is for four cars. The ticket gates are on the first floor, the concourse is on the mezzanine level, and the platform is on the second floor. There is only one ticket gate.
= Platforms
=History
Tsutsui Station was opened on April 1, 1921 on the Osaka Electric Tramway Unebi Line. On 15 March 1941, the line merged with the Sangu Express Railway and became the Kansai Express Railway. The station name became Kankyu Kōriyama Station (関急郡山駅) which was merged with the Nankai Electric Railway on 1 June 1944 to form Kintetsu.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4130 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
Nara Prefectural Yamato Chuo High School
Nara Prefectural School for the Blind, Nara Prefectural School for the Deaf
Showa Industrial Park
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Media related to Tsutsui Station (Nara) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website