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English: However, as a result of such redevelopment the space around the ticket gates was narrowed substantially and the problem of complicated pedestrian traffic lines emerged.
Japanese: その一方で改札口周辺が非常に狭隘（きょうあい）となり、歩行者の通行経路が複雑になってしまうという問題も起こった。
English: In addition to the above, due to the fact that passengers had to pass the ticket gate of conventional trains before passing that of Shinkansen, as double ticket examinations had been conducted until March 27, 2007, as well as the fact that a fare adjustment office was located inside the ticket gate, the structure around the ticket gates of this station was the most complicated one by comparison to other Shinkansen stations in Niigata Prefecture.
Japanese: また新幹線改札が2007年3月27日までは二重改札を行っており、一旦在来線改札を通ってからでないと新幹線改札を通れない構造になっていたり、精算所が改札内に設置されていたりと、改札口周辺の構造は県内の新幹線停車駅の中でも特に複雑になっていた。
English: Given such circumstances, Nagaoka Station was excluded from the list of target stations when automatic ticket checkers were introduced in major stations under the jurisdiction of the Niigata Branch in December 2005.
Japanese: こうした事情もあって、2005年12月に新潟支社管内の主要駅に自動改札機が導入された際にも、長岡駅は設置対象外となった。
English: In light of the above problems, the Niigata Branch carried out the renovation work from autumn 2006 until spring 2007, which centered on the second floor of the station building.
Japanese: こうした問題から、新潟支社は2006年秋から2007年春にかけて駅舎2階部分を中心に改装工事を実施。
English: On March 28, 2007, the ticket gates of Shinkansen and those of conventional lines became independent, and automatic ticket checkers were introduced at the ticket gates of conventional lines.
Japanese: 2007年3月28日からは新幹線・在来線の改札口がそれぞれ独立して設置され、在来線改札口で自動改札機の供用が開始された。
English: The JR ticket office "Midori-no-madoguchi"/automatic ticket machines and the Travel Center (View Plaza) were moved on March 30 and April 1 of the same year, respectively.
Japanese: みどりの窓口・券売機は同年3月30日に、旅行センター（びゅうプラザ）は同年4月1日に移設。
English: On April 7, the waiting room, for which Japanese cedar grown in Niigata Prefecture were used as interior materials, was completed at the concourse within the ticket gates; this project made use of the 'Initiative for Promoting the Use of Trees of Echigo Origin' promoted by the Niigata Prefectural Government.
Japanese: また4月7日には改札内コンコースに新潟県産越後杉を内装材などに使用した待合室が開設されたが、これは新潟県が進める「越後のふるさと木づかい事業」を活用したものである。
English: Although three companies were once engaged in the manufacture and sale of Ekiben at Nagaoka Station, Nomoto Bento-ten indefinitely suspended its business (and later closed down) due to the Chuetsu Earthquake, and as a result only Ikedaya and Nagaoka Koyoken are currently in business.
Japanese: 長岡駅の駅弁については3社が製造・販売を行っていたが、中越地震以後、野本弁当店が長期休業となり（その後廃業）、現在は池田屋と長岡浩養軒の2軒が営業している。
English: Because this is a station for transfer, it has long been taken up by the media, such as TV and magazines, as the battleground of Ekiben; accordingly, various unique Ekiben, such as 'Hanabi-zushi' and 'Hashigo Bento,' have been created in response to heated competition.
Japanese: 乗換駅でもあることから、古くから駅弁激戦区としてテレビ・雑誌でも取り上げられ、「花火寿し」「はしご弁当」などユニークな駅弁も数多く生まれた。
English: Ekiben are currently available at four locations, namely at the platform of Joetsu Shinkansen on the third floor (only Platform 12), at the kiosk located on the Shinkansen concourse on the second floor, at 'Nagaoka-an,' a tachigui soba (buckwheat noodle) stand on the second floor (inside the ticket gates) and at NEWDAYS (outside the ticket gates).
Japanese: 現在の販売箇所は3階・上越新幹線ホーム（12番線のみ）、2階・新幹線コンコースキオスク売店、2階・立食いそば店「長岡庵」（改札内）、NEWDAYS（改札外）の4箇所。
English: Along Ote-dori Street there used to be Nagasakiya, Nagaoka Daiwa (department store), Ichimura Department Store, Marusen Department Store and Marudai (Niigata Prefecture) Nagaoka Store, which was affiliated with Ito-Yokado.
Japanese: かつては大手通り沿いに長崎屋、長岡大和(百貨店)、イチムラ百貨店、丸専デパート、イトーヨーカ堂系の丸大(新潟県)長岡店があった。
English: Ichimura Department Store, once converted to 'Duck City Ichimura,' which was affiliated with MYCAL, eventually withdrew and Nagasakiya, which was located near Oteguchi, also withdrew toward the end of the 1990s.
Japanese: その後マイカル系の「ダックシティイチムラ」を経て撤退、大手口そばにあった長崎屋も1990年代末に撤退している。
English: Marusen had continued business using some of the floors, but ultimately it withdrew in late April 2007.
Japanese: 丸専も一部の階のみを使用しながら営業し続けていたが、2007年4月下旬に閉店した。
English: After all, only Nagaoka Daiwa and Ito-Yokado Marudai, which relocated to the front of the station and adopted the new name that is capped with the parent company's name, are still alive at present (Marudai's old store became a discount store called 'The Price Marudai' but eventually closed).
Japanese: そのため、健在なのは大和と駅前に移転し親会社名を冠につけたイトーヨーカドー丸大のみ（旧本店はディスカウント業態「ザ・プライス丸大」となったが閉店）となっている。
English: There used to be many shops, including restaurants, along the underground passage that connects the west and east sides of the station, but they closed in October 1989.
Japanese: 西口側と東口側を繋ぐ地下街があり、飲食店を始めとした店舗が軒を連ねていたが、1989年10月に閉店となった。
English: Along the main street extending from the station there are many education-related enterprises, such as cram schools and preparatory schools.
Japanese: 駅から伸びるメインストリート沿いには学習塾や予備校などの教育関係の企業の進出が著しい。
English: Like other local cities, the area around the station is not as bustling as it once was, as the flow of people has shifted to the suburbs.
Japanese: 他の地方都市同様に、郊外へと人の流れが移っており駅周辺はかつての賑わいはない。
English: This trend has accelerated in recent years and become a serious problem due to the opening of large-scale retail shops in the Kawasaki/Koshoji district as well a large-scale retail shop and a cinema complex that are under contemplation as part of a development project in the Senshugahara district which is near the Koshoji district.
Japanese: 近年は市内川崎地区・古正寺地区へ大型店の出店が相次ぎ、更に古正寺地区に近い千秋が原地区の開発も進み大型店やシネマコンプレックスの出店なども計画されていることからこの動きは加速し深刻な問題となっている。
English: Given the circumstances, the underground parking area was constructed in front of Oteguchi with the goal of drawing customers who drive cars, but an increase in the number of users has been less than expected.
Japanese: このため自動車での来客を見込もうと大手口側駅前に地下駐車場を建設したが、利用は思うように伸びていない。
English: Daiei Nagaoka Store, which was located in the Echigo Kotsu Building and was for a long time the landmark of Higashiguchi side of the station, also closed as of August 31, 2005, raising fears that the area around the station might empty out.
Japanese: また、東口側駅前に長年「顔」として存在していた越後交通ビルのダイエー長岡店も2005年8月31日で閉店し、ますます駅周辺の空洞化が進むのではないかとの懸念がある。
English: The Echigo Kotsu Building had no anchor tenant for some time after Daiei's withdrawal, but on December 1, 2007, 'E・PLAZA,' the commercial complex of specialized stores consisting of thirteen stores--including Miyawaki book-store and Fashion-Ichiba Sanki--opened in the building.
Japanese: 越後交通ビルはダイエー撤退以降、長らくキーテナントが決まらなかったが、2007年12月1日に宮脇書店、ファッション市場サンキなど13店舗のテナントで構成される専門店複合型商業施設「E・PLAZA」としてリニューアルオープンした。
English: Each bus stop is mutually linked by pedestrian crossways or underground passages, and the information booth is located at the No. 2 bus stop near the station building.
Japanese: 各乗り場は横断歩道と地下道で連絡しており、駅舎寄りの2番線に案内所がある。
English: A plan to convert the current bus terminal to a rotary-style bus terminal is under consideration based on the assertion that the current one is dangerous for users because they're required to use pedestrian crossings located in the path of moving buses.
Japanese: この為、バスを利用するにはバスの進路上にある横断歩道を横切るかたちとなり危険であるという指摘があり、ロータリー型のバスターミナルへと造りかえる構想も持ち上がっている。
English: Since the Riverside Senshu, a shopping center whose core store is Apita Nagaoka, opened near to Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, chronic delays have occurred in the operation of buses belonging to the Head Service Office (whose bus depot is located nearby), particularly on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays.
Japanese: 最近は、日赤病院の近くに、アピタ長岡店を核としたショッピングセンター、リバーサイド千秋がオープンした為、付近に車庫がある本社営業所担当のバスには土・日・祝日を中心に慢性的な遅れが発生している。
English: Buses bound for Izumozaki-shako Depot starting from the No. 2 stop and those starting from the No. 7 and No. 8 stops are available for passengers bound for Riverside Senshu.
Japanese: なおリバーサイド千秋へは、2番線の出雲崎車庫行き・7番線・8番線のバスであれば行くことができる
English: (However, this excludes buses starting from the No. 7 stop and bound for Gidai (Nagaoka University of Technology)/Nagamine-Danchi (residential complex)/Rekishi Hakubutsukan (Niigata Prefectural Museum of History) via Choseibashi (bridge)/Ote Ohashi (bridge)).
Japanese: （ただし、7番線の長生橋・大手大橋経由の技大・長峰団地・歴史博物館などへ向かうバスを除く）
English: * Beginning on October 1, express buses bound from Nagaoka Station to Tokamachi-shako Depot via Ojiya will run by way of JUSCO Tokamachi Store/Harashin Tokamachi Store instead of Tokamachi Station West Exit /Sogo Taiiku-kan (General Gymnasium).
Japanese: ※急行長岡駅～小千谷経由～十日町車庫行きの路線バスは10月1日から十日町駅西口・総合体育館前経由からジャスコ十日町店・原信十日町店前経由に変更。
English: * Effective as of October 1, all buses bound from Nagaoka Station to Izumozaki-shako Depot will run via Ote Ohashi (bridge)/Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital.
Japanese: ※長岡駅～出雲崎車庫行きの路線バスは10月1日からは全便大手大橋・日赤病院経由に変更。
English: [Highway bus] Buses bound for Niigata Station/Niigata Airport via Choseibashi (depending on the time period, the service is provided by Niigata Kotsu Co., Ltd., which is a joint operator).
Japanese: 【高速バス】長生橋経由新潟駅・新潟空港行（時間帯によっては共同運行先である新潟交通のバスが運行される場合がある）
English: [Highway bus] Buses bound for Niigata Station via Kita-Nagaoka Station (depending on the time period, the service is provided by Niigata Kotsu Co., Ltd., which is a joint operator).
Japanese: 【高速バス】北長岡経由新潟駅行（時間帯によっては共同運行先である新潟交通のバスが運行される場合がある）
English: [Highway bus] Buses bound for Niigata Station via Higashi Bypass (depending on the time period, the service is provided by Niigata Kotsu Co., Ltd., which is a joint operator).
Japanese: 【高速バス】東バイパス経由新潟駅行（時間帯によっては共同運行先である新潟交通のバスが運行される場合がある）
English: * Express buses bound for Kashiwazaki via Sochi and express buses bound for Nagaoka via Sochi ceased service with the last bus of September 30, 2007 (so that express service via Sochi was virtually abolished).
Japanese: ※急行曽地経由柏崎行き及び急行曽地経由長岡行きは2007年9月30日の曽地経由の急行最終便をもって急行運転終了（事実上の曽地経由での急行運転の廃止）。
English: Since October 1, 2007, only rapid bus service has been provided via Sochi and only express bus service has been provided via Nishiyama.
Japanese: 2007年10月1日より曽地経由は快速のみとなり西山経由も急行のみとなる。
English: Buses bound for Miyamoto (Miyamoto 2-chome/Miyamoto-Shinpo)/Ozumi (Haige-Iriguchi)/Ozumi Mishimadani/Tashiro via Sekihara
Japanese: 関原経由宮本（宮本2丁目・宮本新保）・大積（灰下入口）・大積三島谷・田代行
English: Buses bound for Nagamine-Danchi/Yuyu Kenkomura (hospital)/Gidai/New-Town Center/Rekishi Hakubutsukan via Ote Ohashi/Choseibashi/Kibogaoka
Japanese: 大手大橋・長生橋・希望ヶ丘経由長峰団地・ゆうゆう健康村・技大・ニュータウンセンター・県立歴史博物館行
English: Buses bound for Niigata Psychiatric Center/Kita-Nagaoka Shako Depot/Nagaoka Station via Nakajima/Koyo Danchi
Japanese: 中島・江陽団地経由（先回り）県立精神医療センター・北長岡車庫・長岡駅方面行
English: * Buses bound from Nagaoka Station to Ojimaya Station via Makishita/Narisawa stopped running to Red Cross Hospital as of September 30, 2007.
Japanese: ※長岡駅～槇下・成沢経由小島谷駅前行きの日赤病院発着便については、2007年9月30日をもって日赤病院への乗り入れ運行を終了。
English: Buses bound for Koyo Danchi via Tachikawa General Hospital/Aramachi/Kita-Nagaoka shako Depot/Niigata Psychiatric Center
Japanese: 立川総合病院・新町・北長岡車庫・精神医療センター経由（先回り）江陽団地方面行
English: The bus stops are mutually linked by pedestrian crossways, and the information booth is located on the first floor of the old Daiei Nagaoka Store (which is also the information booth for highway bus service).
Japanese: 各乗り場は横断歩道で連絡しており、旧ダイエー長岡店1階に案内所がある（高速バス案内所も兼ねている）。
English: Highway buses bound for Kyoto/Nanba/Sakai (depending on the day, the service is provided by Nankai Bus Co., Ltd., which is a joint operator).
Japanese: 高速バス京都・なんば・堺行(日によっては共同運行先である南海バスのバスで運行される）
English: June 16, 1898: This station commenced operation when Hokuetsu Railway Line opened in the section between Higashi-Sanjo Station and Nagaoka Station.
Japanese: 1898年（明治31年）6月16日-北越鉄道線東三条駅～長岡間開通時に開業。
English: August 1, 1907: Hokuetsu Railway was nationalized pursuant to the Railway Nationalization Act, and this station became part of Japan National Railways (JNR).
Japanese: 1907年（明治40年）8月1日-北鉄鉄道鉄道国有法、日本国有鉄道の駅となる。
English: September 9, 1916: Tochio Railway Line (later Echigo Kotsu Tochio Line) started running through, into the station.
Japanese: 1916年（大正5年）9月9日-栃尾鉄道線（後の越後交通栃尾線）が乗り入れ。
English: November 15, 1967: Freight-service work was transferred to Minami-Nagaoka Station.
Japanese: 1967年（昭和42年）11月15日-貨物の取扱を南長岡駅に移管し廃止。
English: November 15, 1982: The Joetsu Shinkansen came into operation, and this station came to serve as a facility for brief stops.
Japanese: 1982年（昭和57年）11月15日-上越新幹線が開通、停車駅となる。
English: April 1, 1987: JR East succeeded the station due to the division and privatization of JNR.
Japanese: 1987年（昭和62年）4月1日-国鉄分割民営化によりJR東日本が継承。
English: The station was temporarily off-limits due to aftershocks, and for a while the operation impeded.
Japanese: その後発生した余震によって駅舎が一時立入禁止となるなど、営業に支障をきたすケースがしばらく続く。
English: March 15, 2008: Suica and the ticketless service for limited express tickets by Mobile Suica became available.
Japanese: 2008年（平成20年）3月15日-SuicaおよびモバイルSuica特急券のサービス開始。
English: Kamo Station, located in 1-6-3, Eki-Nishi, Kamo-cho, Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture, is the station of the Kansai Main Line that is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Japanese: 加茂駅（かもえき）は、京都府木津川市加茂町駅西1丁目6-3にある、西日本旅客鉄道（JR西日本）関西本線の鉄道駅。
English: This station separates the electrified section from the non-electrified section of the line, and when guiding passengers the electrified section situated in the Kizu Station side of this station is called the 'Yamatoji Line.'
Japanese: 電化・非電化の境界駅であり、旅客案内上では当駅より木津方の電化区間は「大和路線」と呼称される。
English: Kamo Station came into operation in 1897 as a station of Kansei Railway Company, which operated the line connecting Osaka and Nagoya via Nara.
Japanese: 加茂駅は1897年（明治30年）に奈良経由で大阪と名古屋を結ぶ関西鉄道の駅として開業した。
English: The line operated by Kansei Railway Company, which was a private railway, had been in competition with the state-operated Tokaido Main Line, but in 1907 the company was nationalized and its line became the Kansai Main Line.
Japanese: 私鉄であった関西鉄道は、官設の東海道本線と競争関係にあったが、1907年（明治40年）に国有化され関西本線となった。
English: Later, the line became the line of Japan National Railways (JNR) and eventually it became the line operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in 1987.
Japanese: その後、日本国有鉄道（国鉄）を経て、1987年（昭和62年）JR西日本の駅となる。
English: Although the line near to Kamo Station had not been electrified during the era of JNR, the electrification of the section between Kizu Station and Kamo Station was completed in March 1988, the year following the inauguration of JR West, and the section between Minatomachi Station (JR Nanba Station) and Kamo Station started to be called by the nickname of the Yamatoji Line.
Japanese: 国鉄時代まで加茂駅付近は非電化のままであったが、JR西日本となった翌年の1988年3月、木津駅から加茂駅までの電化が完成し、同時に湊町駅（のちのJR難波駅）から加茂駅までを大和路線の愛称で呼称することとなった。
English: Subsequently, Kamo Station became the station separating the metropolitan suburban line (to Osaka Station) and the non-electrified local line (to Kameyama Station (Mie Prefecture)) because the Yamatoji Line is one of the lines that constitute the Urban Network, a collective term for suburban lines of JR West in the Osaka area.
Japanese: 大和路線はJR西日本の大阪近郊路線の総称であるアーバンネットワークの一路線として位置付けられるものであり、これ以来加茂駅は、都市近郊路線（大阪駅方面）と、非電化のローカル路線（亀山駅(三重県)方面）の境界駅としての位置づけが与えられた。
English: Even after that, this has officially remained the station of the Kansai Main Line; however, in practice the Nara and Tennoji side and Kameyama side of this station are distinctly referred to as 'Yamatoji Line' and 'Kansai Main Line' respectively, and this station is treated as the transfer station between the 'Yamatoji Line' and the 'Kansai Main Line' in the guidance announced on trains.
Japanese: これ以降も正式な線路名称上では関西本線単独駅であることは変わらないものの、案内上では、当駅から奈良・天王寺方面を「大和路線」、亀山方面を「関西本線」と呼称を分けており、車内放送でも当駅が「大和路線」と「関西本線」の乗換駅として扱われている。
English: According to the above practice, two lines are to be treated as different lines in the description of this article.
Japanese: 本項においても、以下ではこの形式に従いそれぞれを別路線と扱い記述する。
English: The electrified section as well as the section where ICOCA and J-through cards (including Suica (East Japan Railway Company (JR East)) and PiTaPa (SURUTTO KANSAI ASSOCIATION), which are mutually usable with ICOCA) can be used, also extend from Osaka to this station.
Japanese: 大阪方面からの電化区間（大和路線）やICOCA・Jスルーの利用可能エリア（ICOCAの相互利用対象であるSuica（東日本旅客鉄道）・PiTaPa（スルッとKANSAI協議会）も含む）は当駅までである。
English: This station is the transfer station between the Nara side and the Kameyama side of the Kansai Main Line.
Japanese: また、ここは関西本線の奈良方面と亀山方面との乗り継ぎ駅となっている。
English: This is quite a unique station because, from this station, trains connecting six electric cars depart for Osaka while trains connecting one or two diesel cars depart for Kameyama.
Japanese: ここから大阪方面には6両以上の電車が、亀山方面には1～2両程度の気動車が発着するという、かなり極端な駅である。
English: Although Platform 1 and 2 are in use for the arrival and departure of trains under normal circumstances, Platform 3 and 4 are also used depending on the requirements of operation.
Japanese: 普段は1・2番のりばのみで発着を賄っており、列車運用の都合に応じて3・4番のりばを使用している。
English: As for trains arriving at or departing from the center track (Platform 2 and 3), those running between this station and Kameyama onward use Platform 2 while those running on the Yamatoji Line use Platform 3.
Japanese: 中央の線（2・3番のりば）に発着する列車のうち、亀山方面発着列車は2番のりば、大和路線列車は3番のりばで客扱いを行う。
English: Exceptionally, when trains of the Yamatoji Line that are scheduled to make connections with trains departing for Kameyama from the center track arrive at Platform 4, trains bound for Kameyama open the doors of both sides so that passengers who get on and get off at this station can use Platform 2 and those who transfer at this station can use Platform 3 (when trains coming from Kameyama, which are scheduled to make connections with trains of the Yamatoji Line leaving from the center track, arrive at Platform 1, trains of the Yamatoji Line open the doors of both sides and, in this case, Platform 2 is used for passengers to transfer).
Japanese: 但し例外もあり、中央の線の亀山方面発着列車に接続する大和路線列車が4番のりばに入線した場合、前者は両方の扉を開き、当駅での乗降客を2番のりば、乗換客を3番のりばで客扱いすることで、乗換の利便性を図っている（中央の線の大和路線列車に接続する亀山方面からの列車が1番のりばに入った場合も前者が両扉扱いを行い、この場合は2番のりばが乗換ホームとなる）。
English: Consequent upon the revision of the schedule implemented on March 13, 1988 in association with the completion of electrification between Kamo and Kizu, the trains departing from this station and directly running through into the Yamatoji Line and Osaka Loop Line began operating.
Japanese: 加茂～木津間電化開業に伴う1988年3月13日のダイヤ改正で、当駅から大和路線・大阪環状線への直通列車が設定された。
English: November 11, 1897: This station commenced operation as a facility of the Kansei Railway Company (general railway station) when the section from Iga-Ueno Station to this station became operational.
Japanese: 1897年（明治30年）11月11日-伊賀上野駅～当駅間の開通時に、関西鉄道の駅（鉄道駅一般駅）として開業。
English: November 18, 1898 : The line of the Kansei Railway Company was extended to Shin-Kizu Station.
Japanese: 1898年（明治31年）11月18日-関西鉄道線が新木津駅まで開通。
English: August 21, 1907: The section from this station to Daibutsu Station and Nara Station was abolished, as was the section from this station to Shin-Kizu Station.
Japanese: 1907年（明治40年）8月21日-当駅～大仏～奈良駅間、当駅～新木津間が廃止。
English: October 12, 1909: In the wake of the establishment of the line name, this station became a facility of the Kansai Main Line.
Japanese: 1909年（明治42年）10月12日-鉄道路線の名称設定により、関西本線所属となる。
English: March 16, 1974: Freight service was abolished, whereby this station became a passenger railway station.
Japanese: 1974年（昭和59年）3月16日-貨物営業廃止（鉄道駅旅客駅となる）。
English: April 1, 1987: This station became a facility of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) due to the division and privatization of Japan National Railways (JNR).
Japanese: 1987年（昭和62年）4月1日-国鉄分割民営化により西日本旅客鉄道の駅となる。
English: Yamatoji Liner (arriving trains only)/Yamatoji Rapid Service/Rapid/Regional Rapid/Local
Japanese: ■やまとじライナー（到着列車のみ）・■大和路快速・■快速・■区間快速・■普通
English: Kizu Station, located at 116-2 Kizu Ikeda, Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a railway station of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Japanese: 木津駅（きづえき）は、京都府木津川市木津池田116-2にある、西日本旅客鉄道（JR西日本）の鉄道駅。
English: Although its location is quite important, as the tracks extend toward in four directions and the trains of two lines depart from this station, the number of passengers isn't very large.
Japanese: 4方向に線路がつながり、2つの路線の起点駅という要衝であるが、利用客はさほど多くはない。
English: ICOCA and J-through cards can be used at this station (refer to the column on ICOCA for information concerning IC cards that are mutually usable).
Japanese: ICOCA・Jスルー利用可能駅（相互利用対象ICカードはICOCAの項を参照）。
English: Although this is the official terminal station of both Nara Line and Katamachi Line, no trains of Nara Line depart from or arrive at this station in practice, as they depart from or arrive at Nara Station due to the route of operation (i.e., some trains bound for Kyoto depart from JR-Nanba Station and Oji Station).
Japanese: 奈良線と片町線は当駅が路線上の終着駅だが、奈良線列車は運転系統上奈良駅を始終着（京都行きの一部にJR難波駅・王寺駅始発あり）とするため、当駅始終着の列車はない。
English: On the other hand, this is the terminal station for most trains on the Katamachi Line, except for some that run directly into Nara Station early in the morning and late at night.
Japanese: 一方、片町線の列車は早朝・深夜に奈良直通列車があるのみで、殆どの列車が当駅を始終着とする。
English: This station is a ground station (station building on the bridge) having two platforms for four tracks.
Japanese: プラットホーム配置と形状2面4線のホームを持つ地上駅（橋上駅舎）である。
English: It also employs wood-grain design throughout, in order to symbolize the history of the town (old Kizu-cho) that once thrived here, thanks to the distribution of lumber.
Japanese: また木材の流通で栄えた町（旧木津町）の歴史を表すため、随所に木目調のデザインを取り入れている。
English: The old station building was a one-story structure built in the Taisho period, and was linked to platforms by a passage running under the tracks (as tracks were located on the bank, the passage was constructed at ground level).
Japanese: 旧駅舎は大正時代に建てられたという平屋で、ホームへは線路下の通路（線路が築堤上のため通路は地平レベル）で連絡していた。
English: In the past, there were two tracks on the west side of the current Platform 1, two tracks between two platforms and storage tracks (six tracks) on the east side.
Japanese: また以前は、現在の1番のりばの西側に2線、両ホームの間に2線と東側に留置線（6本）が敷設されていた。
English: Before the station building was constructed on the bridge, the term 'X ban-sen (Platform X)' had been used in the automated guidance announcement in the station, but instead of that, 'X ban noriba (Platform X),' which is commonly used at stations of JR West, is currently used.
Japanese: 駅構内の自動放送は、橋上化以前は「○番線」とアナウンスされていたが、現在はJR西日本で一般的な「○番のりば」の表現に更新されている。
English: Out of the trains bound for Nara (outbound train), a train coming from Kamo Station via the Yamatoji Line could enter Platform 3 or Platform 4, but a train coming from Kyoto via the Nara Line can only use Platform 3.
Japanese: 奈良方面へ向かう列車（下り列車）については、大和路線加茂方面からは3・4番のりばの両方に入線できるが、奈良線京都方面からは3番線にしか入線できない。
English: When trains of both lines arrive at the station simultaneously, trains of the Yamatoji Line use Platform 4, which is usually a sidetrack.
Japanese: そのため、両路線の列車が同時に入線する場合は、大和路線の列車が待避線である4番のりばに入る。
English: The Yamatoji Liner, whose station of origin is this station, departs from Platform 4.
Japanese: なお、当駅を始発とする下りの「やまとじライナー」は4番のりばから発車する。
English: Because the track of Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) connects only to Platform 1 on the west side of the station, trains of this line use only Platform 1.
Japanese: 片町線（学研都市線）は西側の1番のりばにしか線路がつながっておらず、その1番のりばのみを使用する。
English: Although Platform 1 serves as the sidetrack for trains bound for Kyoto (Nara Line), under the current schedule no trains wait for the passing of other trains at Platform 1.
Japanese: 1番のりばは、京都方面（奈良線）の列車の待避線としての役割も持っているが、現在のダイヤでは1番のりばでの待避列車はない。
English: However, an inbound train of the Nara Line uses Platform 1 once a day, seemingly for the purpose of removing the rust.
Japanese: ただ、緊急時に備えての錆取り列車のためか、1日1本のみ奈良線の上り列車が1番のりばに入線する。
English: Currently, 'Land readjustment project of the area in front of Kizu Station (promoted by Kizugawa City)' is underway on the west side of the station and 'Land Readjustment Project of the Central District of Kizu (Promoted by the Urban Renaissance Agency)' is also underway in the area 1.5 km from the east exit of the station, which is expected to open soon.
Japanese: 現在、駅西側で「木津駅前土地区画整理事業（木津川市施行）」が、今回開設される駅東口方面約1.5kmでは木津中央地区土地区画整理事業（都市機構施行）が実施されている。