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Nishi-Tengachaya Station

railway station in Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ7040427 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nishi-Tengachaya Station (西天下茶屋駅, Nishi-Tengachaya-eki) is a train station in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway.

Lines

Nishi-Tengachaya Station is served by the Koya Line (Shiomibashi Line), and has the station number "NK06-1".

History

The station opened in September 1915.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Nishi-Tengachaya Station” as railway station in Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nishi-Tengachaya, Station and railway.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1915—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nishi-Tengachaya, Station and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Nishi-Tengachaya Station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7040427. The first chronological checks are 1915.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Nishi-Tengachaya Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Nishi-Tengachaya Station primary sources, Nishi-Tengachaya Station archive and Nishi-Tengachaya research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Nishi-Tengachaya Station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Nishi-Tengachaya Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.