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Takii Station

railway station in Moriguchi, 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 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ1820138 ↗
Source-derived summary

Takii Station (滝井駅, Takii-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway.

Lines

Takii Station is served by the Keihan Main Line, and is located 7.2 km from the starting point of the line at Yodoyabashi Station.

Station layout

The station has two elevated side platforms, serving 4 tracks with the station building underneath.The middle two tracks are for express trains passing through the station

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station was opened on October 14, 1931.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,814 passengers daily.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Takii Station” is railway station in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Takii, Station and railway, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1931, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1931-10-14. For this dossier, Takii, Station and railway is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “railway station in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1820138. Authority coordinates are 34.728, 135.557. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931 and 2019.

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 “Takii Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Takii Station primary sources, Takii Station archive and Takii 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 “Takii Station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Takii 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.