Ichibu Station (Nara)

Railway station in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan

34°40′31″N 135°42′29″E / 34.675322°N 135.708022°E / 34.675322; 135.708022Operated byKintetsu RailwayLine(s)Ikoma LinePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeAccessibleYes (ramps to platform level)Other informationStation code G19 HistoryOpened28 December 1926, 97 years agoPassengers18 November 20085,336 daily Services

Preceding station	Kintetsu Railway			Following station
Nabata G18 towards Ikoma		Ikoma Line Local		Minami-Ikoma G20 towards Ōji

Ichibu Station (一分駅, Ichibu-eki) is a station in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture, Japan, on the Kintetsu Ikoma Line of the Kintetsu Railway.

The name of 'Ichibu' can be found in a record written in 8th century, as a place of the residence of Prince Arima in the 7th century.

History

1926 (Showa 1) December 28: Ikoma Line was extended. Ichibu Station was opened along with other stations between Motosanjōguchi Station and Ikoma Station.^[1]
1964 (Showa 39) October 1: Kinki Nippon Railway, which had been the owner of Ichibu Station, was acquired by Kintetsu Railway. Ichibu Station became part of the Kintetsu Ikoma Line.^[1]
1977 (Showa 52) July 31: Double track was added in Nabata, Ichibu and Minami-Ikoma Stations.^[2]
2007 (Heisei 19) April 1: PiTaPa system was incorporated to the station.^[3]

Lines

Kintetsu
- Ikoma Line

Surrounding area

National Route 168
Ikoma Senior High School
Ikoma Jinja
Daini-Hanna Road Ichibu Slip Road
Chikurin-ji

References

^ ^a ^b Sone, Satoru (29 August 2010). 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線大手私鉄 [Weekly All Railway Routes in History Major Private Railways] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. p. 18. ISBN 978-4-02-340133-4.
^ 近畿日本鉄道 100年のあゆみ [Kinki Nippon Railway 100 years of history] (in Japanese). Osaka: Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. 2010. p. 870.
^ "平成19年4月1日から、近鉄主要路線でICカードの利用が可能になります" [From April 1, 2007, IC cards can be used on Kintetsu main lines.] (PDF). Kintetsu.jp (in Japanese). 30 January 2007.