Kintetsu Nara Station

Kintetsu Nara Station

近鉄奈良駅
Kintetsu Nara Station; 近鉄奈良駅
	Nara, Nara; （奈良県奈良市東向中町29）; Japan
Coordinates	34°41′3.97″N 135°49′38.71″E / 34.6844361°N 135.8274194°E
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Nara Line
Connections	Bus terminal;
Other information
Station code	A28
History
Opened	30 April 1914
Previous names	Nara; Daiki Nara Station; Kankyu Nara Station; Kinki Nippon Nara (until 1970)
Passengers
2012	51,147 daily

Kintetsu Nara Station (近鉄奈良駅, Kintetsu-Nara-eki) is a railway station on the

Nara, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway

Lines

The station is the terminal station on the

Kyoto Station and Ōsaka Namba Station in Osaka. Passengers taking non through trains from Kyoto on the Kyoto Line have to change trains at Yamato-Saidaiji Station

The station consists of four platforms with four tracks on the second basement level.

1 - 4	■ Nara Line	for Kobe Sannomiya
1 - 4	■ Kyoto Line through trains	for Kyoto and Kokusaikaikan

«	Service
Nara Line (A28)
Including Kyoto Line through trains
Shin-Ōmiya (A27)	Local	Terminus
Shin-Ōmiya (A27)	Semi-Express Suburban Semi-Express	Terminus
Shin-Ōmiya (A27)	Express	Terminus
Shin-Omiya (A27)	Rapid Express	Terminus
Yamato-Saidaiji (A26/B26)	Limited Express	Terminus

The station opened on 30 April 1914, initially named Nara Station (奈良駅).[1] It was renamed Daiki Nara Station (大軌奈良駅) in August 1928, Kankyu Nara Station (関急奈良駅) on 15 March 1941, and Kinki Nippon Nara (近畿日本奈良駅) on 1 June 1944, before becoming Kintetsu Nara Station on 1 March 1970.^[1]

In 2010, the station was used by an average of 67,761 passengers daily.^[1]

The station is located next to

Kasuga Shrine

. Outside the station, passengers can also connect to buses and taxis.

JR West

Lines is located approximately 15 minutes to the southwest.