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Nagai Station (長居駅, Nagai eki) is a railway station in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is served by the Hanwa Line of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the Midōsuji Line of Osaka Metro; the former uses elevated tracks and the latter uses underground tracks. The subway station is assigned the station number M26. Nagai is located south of Tennoji in Sumiyoshi-ku and maintains Nagai Park and Nagai Stadium, an international standard football stadium home to the J-League team Cerezo Osaka.

Nagai 長居
General information
Location	Nagaihigashi Yonchome, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市住吉区長居東4丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR West Osaka Metro
Connections	Bus stop

Layout

JR West Hanwa Line

Nagai 長居
JR West
JR station building
General information
Location	3-52, Nagaihigashi Yonchome, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市住吉区長居東4丁目3-52） Japan
Coordinates	34°36′40.01″N 135°30′45.35″E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Hanwa Line
History
Opened	1929
Previous names	Rinnanji-mae (until 1944)

This station is administrated by Sakaishi Station. When it was located on the ground level, Nagai Station had two island platforms serving 2 tracks each. The station is currently elevated (northbound in 2004, southbound in 2006) and has two side platforms serving a track each. Ticket gate is located in the north under the platforms and tracks.

1	■ Hanwa Line	for Ōtori, Hineno and Wakayama
2	■ Hanwa Line	for Tennōji

Osaka Metro Midosuji Line

Nagai 長居
Osaka Metro
Subway station exit
General information
Location	6-5, Nagaihigashi Yonchome, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市住吉区長居東4丁目6-5） Japan
Coordinates	34°36′34.35″N 135°30′49.37″E
Operated by	Osaka Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Midōsuji Line
Other information
Station code	M26
History
Opened	1960

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the second basement. Ticket gates are located in the north and the south on the first basement.

1	■ Midosuji Line	for Abiko and Nakamozu
2	■ Midosuji Line	for Tennōji, Namba, Umeda and Senri-Chūō

Surroundings

Nagai Park

• Nagai Stadium
• Nagai Ball Gall Field (Kincho Stadium)
• Nagai Aid Stadium
• Nagai Pool
• Nagai Youth Hostel
• Nagai Botanical Garden
• Osaka Museum of Natural History
• Rinnan-ji

Schools

• Osaka Gakugei Senior High School
• Osaka Gakugei Secondary School
• Osaka Municipal Nagai Elementary School
• Osaka Municipal Abiko Junior High School

Shopping and finance

• Supermarket Life Nagai
• Kansai Super Nagai
• Nagai Hondori Shotengai
• The Kinki Osaka Bank Nagai Branch
• The Senshu-Ikeda Bank Nagai Branch
• The Juso Shinkin Bank Nagai Branch
• Japan Post Group
  • Sumiyoshi Nagai Post Office
  • Sumiyoshi Nagai-4 Post Office
  • Sumiyoshi Nagai-higashi Post Office

Buses

• Subway Nagai (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
  • Route 4 for Subway Suminoekoen / for Deto Bus Terminal
  • Route 24 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Minami-Nagai
  • Route 40 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Deto Bus Terminal
• Nagainishi Nichome (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
  • Route 24 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Minami-Nagai
  • Route 40 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae / for Deto Bus Terminal

History

• 1929-07-18 - Rinnanji-mae Station (臨南寺前駅) on Hanwa Electric Railway opened.
• 1940-12-01 - Hanwa Electric Railway became the Yamanote Line of Nankai Railway.
• 1944-05-01 - Yamanote Line was nationalized and became the Hanwa Line. Rinnanji-mae Station was renamed Nagai Station.
• 1960-07-01 - Nagai Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line opened.
• 2004-10-16- Hanwa Line northbound station was elevated.
• 2006-05-21 - Hanwa Line southbound station was elevated.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Hanwa Line
Tsurugaoka		Local		Abikochō
Regional Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Direct Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Kansai Airport Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Kishuji Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Kuroshio: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Haruka: Does not stop at this station
Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line (M26)
Nishitanabe (M25)		-	Abiko (M27)

External links

• Sumiyoshi-ku website in English
• Station guide (in Japanese) - Osaka Metro

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