Yamato-Saidaiji Station

Yamato-Saidaiji Station (大和西大寺駅) is a railway station owned by Kintetsu Railway and located in Saidaiji Kunimichō Itchōme, a suburb of the city of Nara in Japan. The station is also called Kintetsu Saidaiji Station (近鉄西大寺駅) or Saidaiji Station (西大寺駅).

Lines
Yamato-Saidaiji Station is a junction of lines coming from four directions: the Nara line from Osaka in the west and Nara in the east, the Kyoto line from Kyoto in the north, and the Kashihara Line from Kashihara in the south.
 * Kintetsu
 * Nara Line (A26)
 * Kyoto Line, Kashihara Line (B26)

Layout
This station has three island platforms serving five tracks on the ground. The station building is located to the north and south of the platforms and tracks, connecting NaRa Family, bus stops and taxi stands from the north gates and connecting the overbridge from the south gates.

Station shopping mall "Time's Place Saidaiji" is located on the 2nd level, housing 32 stores such as restaurants, souvenir stores and convenience store Family Mart. The shopping mall opened on September 11, 2009, with the location of 3 elevators connecting a platform each.

North

 * NaRaFamily
 * Kintetsu Department Store Nara
 * ÆON Nara
 * Sanwa City Saidaiji
 * Akishino-dera
 * Place Heijō Palace used to be

South

 * Kintetsu Saidaiji Building
 * Kintetsu Saidaiji Shopping Center
 * SupermarketKINSHO Saidaiji
 * Kintetsu Daini Saidaiji Building
 * Saidaiji Daini Shopping Center
 * Saidai-ji
 * Saidaiji Police Box
 * Kintetsu Saidaiji Inspection Depot

Bus stops
Buses are operated by Nara Kotsu Bus Lines Co., Ltd.
 * Bus stop 1
 * Route 11 for Ichijo Senior High School
 * Route 12 for JR Nara Station via Hokkeji, Ichijo Senior High School and Kintetsu Nara Station
 * Route 14 for JR Nara Station via JASDF Nara Base, Hokkeji, Ichijo Senior High School and Kintetsu Nara Station
 * Route 73 for Utahimecho
 * Bus stop 2
 * Route 72 for Oshikuma

Incidents
On 8 July 2022, the area near the north entrance of the station became a crime scene when former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while campaigning around the vicinity.