Takanohara Station

Takanohara Station 高の原駅
File:SunTownPLAZA Cosmos-kan (AEON MALL TAKANOHARA).JPG
Location	12-3, Suzaku 3-chome, Nara, Nara （奈良県奈良市朱雀三丁目12-3） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	Kintetsu Corporation
Line(s)	Kyoto
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1972
Traffic
Passengers (November 13, 2012)	35,637 daily

Takanohara Station (高の原駅, Takanohara-eki) is a railway station in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

• Kintetsu Corporation
  • Kyoto Line

Building

The station has two platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1, 2	■ Kyoto Line	for Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara, Tenri, and Kashiharajingu-mae Change to the Yoshino Line at Kashiharajingu-mae for Yoshino Change to the Nara Line at Yamato-Saidaiji for Osaka Namba, Amagasaki, and Sannomiya
3, 4	■ Kyoto Line	for Shin-Hosono, Shin-Tanabe, Tambabashi, Kyoto, and Kokusaikaikan

Around the station

• Sun Town Plaza Kosumosu-kan
  • Aeon Takanohara Shopping Center
• Sun Town Plaza Suzuran-kan
  • Supermarket Kinsho
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Bank
  • Bank of Kyoto
• Sun Town Plaza Himawari-kan
  • Nanto Bank
  • KEC Seminars
• Nara University
• Todaiji Junior high school & High school
• Takanohara Central Hospital
• Heijo High school
• Hokubu Hall
• Nanyo High school

History

• 1972 - The station opens
• 1999 - Promoted to southbound nighttime Limited Express stop.
• 2005 - Start using the elevator
• 2007 - Starts using PiTaPa

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Kintetsu Kyoto Line
Yamadagawa		Local		Heijō
Shin-Hōsono		Express		Yamato-Saidaiji
Kintetsu-Tambabashi		Limited Express (northbound: first train - 9:40 a.m.) (southbound: Departing from Kyoto after 3 p.m.)		Yamato-Saidaiji