Yabachō Station

Yabachō Station
矢場町駅
Location Sakae 3-31-13, Naka, Nagoya, Aichi
(名古屋市中区栄三丁目31-13)
Japan
Operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s) Meijō Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station code M04
History
Opened 1967
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 25,818 daily

Yabachō Station (矢場町駅 Yabachō-eki)is an underground metro station located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.[1] It is located 2.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station. This station provides access to several department stores in Sakae such as Parco and Matsuzakaya.

History

Yabachō Station was opened on 30 March 1967.[2] It is named after the historic neighbourhood of Yaba-chō.

At the entrance to the turnstiles, a mechanical water clock by the French scientist Bernard Gitton was installed in the 1990s.[3][4]

Lines

Layout

Yabacho Station has two underground opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1  Meijō Line For Kanayama, Aratamabashi, and Nagoyakō (counterclockwise)
2  Meijō Line For Sakae and Ōzone (clockwise)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Meijō Line
Kamimaezu - Sakae

References

  1. 矢場町 [Yabacho] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  2. 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, ISBN 4-87687-260-0
  3. http://www.marcdatabase.com/~lemur/dm-gitton.html
  4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/arjanrichter/14489121635

Media related to Yabachō Station at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 35°09′50″N 136°54′33″E / 35.1640°N 136.9092°E / 35.1640; 136.9092


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