Makimuku Station (巻向駅, Makimuku-eki) is a train station of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Sakurai, Nara, Japan. Although the station is on the Sakurai Line as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services.

Makimuku Station

巻向駅
West Japan Railway Company
JR-West commuter rail station
Makimuku Station
General information
Location36, Ōaza Tsuji, Sakurai
Nara
  • Japan
  • (奈良県桜井市大字辻36番地)
Coordinates34°32′42″N 135°50′28″E / 34.544867°N 135.841094°E / 34.544867; 135.841094
Owned byWest Japan Railway Company West Japan Railway Company (JR-West)
Operated byUnstaffed
Line(s)
Distance15.9 km (9.9 mi) from Nara
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operatorsWest Japan Railway Company JR-West
ConnectionsBus interchange Nara Kotsu Bus Lines: 60, 61, 62, and 63 at Makinouchi
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingNone
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle facilities Available
AccessibleNone
Other information
Websitehttp://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0621707
History
Opened1 August 1955 (1955-08-01)
Passengers
2012381 daily
Services
Preceding station   JR-West   Following station
 U  Man-yō Mahoroba Line
Yanagimoto
toward Nara
  Local   Miwa
toward Wakayama, Ōji, Takada, and Sakurai
Yanagimoto
One-way
  Rapid Service   Miwa
toward JR Namba

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Platforms edit

1  Man-yō Mahoroba Line—Local for Nara
 Man-yō Mahoroba Line—Local for Wakayama, Ōji, Takada, and Sakurai
 Man-yō Mahoroba Line—Rapid Service for JR Namba

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