Nishinokuchi Station
Nishinokuchi Station 西ノ口駅 | |
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 Station Building | |
| Location |
Yoshida 4-chome 131-banchi, Tokoname, Aichi （愛知県常滑市住吉町四丁目１３１番地[1]） Japan |
| Operated by | Nagoya Railroad |
| Line(s) | Tokoname Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1913 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2006) | 102,414[2] |
Nishinokuchi Station (西ノ口駅 Nishinokuchi-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Tokoname Line located in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 25.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Jingū-mae Station. [1]
History
Nishinokuchi Station was opened on March 29, 1913 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway Company. The Aichi Electric Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on August 1, 1935. The station was closed in 1944, but was reopened on September 15, 1946. In December 2004, the platforms were extended to be able to handle trains with a length of six carriages. In January 2005, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented. [3]
Lines
Layout
Nishinokuchi Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Tokoname Line | for Tokoname and Central Japan International Airport |
| 2 | ■ Tokoname Line | for Tokoname and Central Japan International Airport |
| 3 | ■ Tokoname Line | for Ōtagawa and Jingū-mae |
| 4 | ■ Tokoname Line | for Ōtagawa and Jingū-mae |
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Meitetsu Tokoname Line | ||||
| μSKY Limited Express: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Limited Express: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Ōnomachi | Express (2 trains for Central Japan Int'l Airport weekday mornings) | Kabaike Tokoname | ||
| Semi Express: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Ōnomachi | Local | Kabaike | ||
References
- 1 2 西ノ口 [NISHINOKUCHI] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ↑ 第10章 運輸・通信 （平成20年度刊愛知県統計年鑑） [Statistics of Aichi in Year 20 of the Heisei Era] (in Japanese). Aichi Prefecture. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ↑ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), クロニクル常滑線, 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. (9), p. 9, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
External links
- Official web page (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 34°55′36″N 136°49′35″E / 34.9266°N 136.8265°E