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Tsurugaoka Station

Railway station in Osaka, Japan

Other informationStation codeJR-R23HistoryOpened1938Previous namesHanwa Tsurugaoka; Nankai Tsurugaoka (until 1944)Services

Preceding station	JR West			Following station
Nagai towards Wakayama		Hanwa Line Local		Minami-Tanabe towards Tennoji

Tsurugaoka Station (鶴ヶ丘駅, Tsurugaoka-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Hanwa Line in Nishi-Tanabecho Nichome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. When the platforms and the tracks were located on the ground, the station was located in Yamasaka Gochome, Higashisumiyoshi-ku. It is administrated by Sakaishi Station.

This station has been decorated Cerezo Osaka association football team color, logo and players since 2009 as it is the nearest station to Nagai Park, Nagai Stadium and Nagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium), the home of Cerezo.^[1]

Layout

When the station was located on the ground level, it had two side platforms serving 1 track each. After the elevation (northbound in 2004, southbound in 2006), it has two island platforms serving two tracks each.

1, 2	■ Hanwa Line	for Tennoji
3, 4	■ Hanwa Line	for Otori, Hineno and Wakayama

Surroundings

Nagai Park
- Nagai Stadium
- Nagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium)
Sharp Corporation
Nishitanabe Station (Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line)

History

1938 - Station opened

March 2018 - Station numbering was introduced with Tsurugaoka being assigned station number JR-R23.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "JR西日本阪和線鶴ケ丘駅の装飾が"セレッソカラー"に!" [Cerezo color decoration at Tsurugaoka Station on the Hanwa Line (JR West)] (in Japanese). Cerezo Osaka. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
^ "近畿エリアの12路線のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.