Fukugami Station
Fukugami Station is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ōyodo, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.
Line
Fukugami Station is served by the Yoshino Line and is 12.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 52.5 kilometers from.Layout
The station consists of two opposing side platforms and two tracks. In 1999, when Kintetsu developed a new town around Fukujin Station, the station underwent extensive renovations and was reborn as an elevated station building with a "British pastoral design".The station building is located on the bridge, and is connected to the platform by elevator. The elevator connecting the inside-ticket concourse and the outbound platform is a rare type called an "inside-outside shared type" that also connects the outside-ticket concourse and the east side of the station, and this station was the first in Japan to have one like this.History
The station opened on 11 May 1924 on the Yoshino Railway. The Yoshino Railway merged with the Osaka Electric Tramway on 1 August 1929, which in turn merged with the Sangu Express Railway on 15 March 1941 to form the Kansai Express Railway. The Kansai Express Rail merged with Nankai Railway on 1 June 1944 to form the Kintetsu Railway Yoshino LinePassenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1374 passengers daily.Surrounding area
- Hanayoshino Residential Area
- Kintetsu Farm Hanayoshino - An agricultural facility opened in July 2012 as a collaboration between Kintetsu Railway, Marubeni, and Kinki University. The facility's plant factory produces lettuce and other leafy vegetables and radishes, while the agricultural greenhouse produces tomatoes, which are sold as part of the "Vegetables from Hanayoshino" series at Kintetsu Group's Kinsho Stores and supplied as ingredients to hotels and restaurants.