Shakudo Station is served by the Minami Osaka Line and is 32.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Osaka Abenobashi. It is also the terminus of the Gose Line, and is 5.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Kintetsu Gose
Layout
The station consists of two ground level island platforms connected by an elevated station building. This is an elevated station with two island platforms and four tracks, allowing for passing, and only one ticket gate. The Minami-Osaka Line and the Gose Line share the platform for each direction. The effective length of the platform is for eight cars. The station is staffed.[2]
Shakudo Station was opened 29 March 1929 as a station on the Osaka Railway. The Nanwa Electric Railway (predecessor of the Gose Line) connected to the station on 9 December 1930. It became a Kansai Express Railway station due to a company merger on 1 February 1943, and through a subsequent merger became a station on the Kintetsu Railway on 1 Jube 1944.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019 the station was used by an average of 2403 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
