Nagai Station (長居駅, Nagai eki) is a railway station in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is served by the Hanwa Line of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the Midōsuji Line of Osaka Municipal Subway; the former uses elevated tracks and the latter uses underground tracks. The subway station is assigned the station number M26. Nagai is located south of Tennoji in Sumiyoshi-ku and maintains Nagai Park and Nagai Stadium, an international standard football stadium home to the J-League team Cerezo Osaka.
This station is administrated by Sakaishi Station. When it was located on the ground level, Nagai Station had two island platforms serving 2 tracks each. The station is currently elevated (northbound in 2004, southbound in 2006) and has two side platforms serving a track each. Ticket gate is located in the north under the platforms and tracks.
The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the second basement. Ticket gates are located in the north and the south on the first basement.
Nagai StadiumNagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium)Nagai Aid StadiumNagai PoolNagai Youth HostelNagai Botanical GardenOsaka Museum of Natural HistoryRinnan-jiOsaka Gakugei Senior High SchoolOsaka Gakugei Secondary SchoolOsaka Municipal Nagai Elementary SchoolOsaka Municipal Abiko Junior High SchoolSupermarket Life NagaiKansai Super NagaiNagai Hondori ShotengaiThe Kinki Osaka Bank Nagai BranchThe Senshu-Ikeda Bank Nagai BranchThe Juso Shinkin Bank Nagai BranchJapan Post GroupSumiyoshi Nagai Post OfficeSumiyoshi Nagai-4 Post OfficeSumiyoshi Nagai-higashi Post OfficeSubway Nagai (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)Route 4 for Subway Suminoekoen / for Deto Bus TerminalRoute 24 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Minami-NagaiRoute 40 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Deto Bus TerminalNagainishi Nichome (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)Route 24 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Minami-NagaiRoute 40 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Deto Bus Terminal1929-07-18 - Rinnanji-mae Station (臨南寺前駅) on Hanwa Electric Railway opened.1940-12-01 - Hanwa Electric Railway became the Yamanote Line of Nankai Railway.1944-05-01 - Yamanote Line was nationalized and became the Hanwa Line. Rinnanji-mae Station was renamed Nagai Station.1960-07-01 - Nagai Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line opened.2004-10-16- Hanwa Line northbound station was elevated.2006-05-21 - Hanwa Line southbound station was elevated.
