Murōguchi-Ōno Station
railway station in Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Murōguchi-Ōno Station (室生口大野駅, Murōguchi-Ōno-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.
Line
Murōguchi-Ōno Station is served by the Osaka Line and is 57.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Osaka-Uehommachi.
Layout
The station is an above-ground station with two opposing side platforms and two tracks. Because it is on an embankment, the station building on the south side of the up line is one floor lower than the platforms, and each platform is connected by stairs. There is only one ticket gate. The effective length of the platform is 10 cars. The station is unattended.
Platforms
History
Murōguchi-Ōno Station opened on 10 October 1930 on the Sangu Express Railway. On 15 March 1941, the line merged with the Osaka Electric Tramway and became the Kansai Express Railway's Osaka Line.
“Murōguchi-Ōno Station” enters the record as railway station in Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Murōguchi-Ōno, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6939872. Authority coordinates are 34.566, 136.016. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1930 and 1941.
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