Ikebe Station
Native name池部駅
Address1-3, Ikebe 1-chōme, Kawai-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara-ken 636-0053
CountryJapan
Coordinates34.578647°N 135.737553°E
Owned Kintetsu Railway
Operator Kintetsu Railway
LineTawaramoto Line
Distance7.1 km (4.4 mi)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operators Kintetsu Railway
Connections
  • Kawai Town: Circular Wagon Sunamaru-go (South Route, East Route, and West Route)
StructureAt grade
ParkingNone
Bicycleavailable
AccessibleYes
Websitewww.kintetsu.co.jp/station/station_info/en_station12008.html
Opened26 April 1918
Passengers697 daily
Pass year2019
Services collapsibleyes

Ikebe Station (池部駅, Ikebe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kawai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]

Line

Ikebe Station is served by the Tawaramoto Line and is 4.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . The station is serviced by Nara Kotsu Bus Lines' Route 9 bus at Ōwada Sta. Gate from Kataokadai 1-chome once a day, but the services is alighting only. It is also serviced by free shuttle wagon Sunamaru-go's North Route and West Route for Sōgō-fukushi-kaikan 10 shuttles a day.

Layout

The station is an above-ground station with a single platform and one track, and both Shin-Oji and Nishi-Tawaramoto bound trains depart and arrive from the same platform. The effective length of the platform is three cars..The station is unattended.[2]

Platforms

Platform levelTrackTawaramoto Line Local for →
Tawaramoto Line— Local for
Side platform, doors will open on the right for Nishi-Tawaramoto or on the left for Shin-Ōji     
Street levelExit / entrance

History

The station opened on 26 April 1918 as a station on the Yamato Railway. It became a station on the Shigiikoma Electric Railway in 1961 due to a company merger, and became a station on Kintetsu Railway by a further merger on 1 October 1964.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 697 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

  • Kawai Town Hall
  • Kawai Town Kawai Daiichi Elementary School
  • Kawai Town Kawai Daiichi Junior High School

See also

References

  1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. ^ "池部駅" [Ikebe Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook