Owned by Kintetsu Railway Line(s) I Tawaramoto Line Platforms 1 island platform Tracks 2 | Operated by Kintetsu Railway Distance 8.2 km (5.1 mi) Opened 1918 | |
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Location 1809-2, Ōaza Ōwada, Kawai
Nara
Japan
（奈良県北葛城郡河合町大字大輪田1809-2） Address 1809-2 Owada, Kawai, Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture 636-0093, Japan Similar Samitagawa Station, Ikebe Station, Ōji Station, Hatakeda Station, Hashio Station | ||
Ōwada Station (大輪田駅, Ōwada-eki) is an unstaffed railway station in the town of Kawai, Nara, Japan, serving passengers traveling on Kintetsu Railway's Tawaramoto Line. It is 8.2 km (5.1 miles) from Nishi-Tawaramoto, while 1.9 km (1,2 miles) from Shin-Ōji.
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Services
Trains at Ōwada Station leave for both Nishi-Tawaramoto and Shin-Ōji every 20 minutes, while every 15 minutes during peak hours. Travel time to Nishi-Tawaramoto is about 17 minutes while to Shin-Ōji is about 4 minutes. The station is serviced by Nara Kotsu Bus Lines 9 (Ōwada Sta.) bus from Kataokadai 1 chome once a day, but the services is only unloading. It is also serviced by free shuttle wagon Mameyama-kizuna-go's Ōwada-Izumidai Route for Sōgō-fukushi-kaikan thrice a day.
Ridership
As of November 2012, daily passenger ridership was 2,428.
Layout
Ōwada Station has a high-level island platform serving two tracks. On the partly roofed platform, a passenger waiting area with six plastic benches for 28 persons is located. Amenities include bathrooms and a self-service beverage vending machine. Downstairs below the platform level, there is a ticket booth with two ticket vending machines, and a ticket gate with a post-type self-service ticket gate machine. A no-fee bicycle parking, a taxi stand, and a bus stop are located southwest of the station within a minute walk from the ticket gate, but there is no parking spot.