Sakabe Station

Sakabe Station 坂部駅
Station building
Location	Sakabe 35-7, Agui, Chita, Aichi （愛知県知多郡阿久比町大字卯坂字上向田３５番地７） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Kōwa Line
History
Opened	1931
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	380 daily

Sakabe Station (坂部駅 Sakabe-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Kōwa Line located in Agui, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 9.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōtagawa Station. ^[1]

History

Sakabe Station was opened on April 1, 1931 as a station on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on February 2, 1943. In February 2007, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented, after which time the station has been unattended.

Lines

Sakabe Station has two opposed side platforms. The platforms are short and can handle trains of only six carriages or less.

• Meitetsu
  • Kōwa Line

Layout

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Chita Handa, Kōwa, and Utsumi
2	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Ōtagawa and Kanayama

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Semi Express: Does not stop at this station
Shirasawa		Local		Agui

External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu Station information
• Media related to Sakabe Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. 坂部 [Sakabe] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

Coordinates: 34°56′30″N 136°54′59″E / 34.9418°N 136.9164°E