Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station

Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station
蒲郡競艇場前駅
Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Gamagōri
Neighborhood etc. Takenoya-cho
Postal Code 443 - 0046
(in Japanese) 蒲郡市竹谷町
History
Year opened 1936
Former name Hiroishi Station
Present name since 1968
Rail services
Operator(s) Nagoya Railroad
Line(s) Meitetsu Gamagōri Line
Statistics 174 passengers/day 2007

Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station (蒲郡競艇場前駅 Gamagōri-kyōteijō-mae-eki?) is a train station on the Meitetsu Gamagōri Line located in Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 6.6 kilometers from the termunus of the Gamagōri Line at Kira-Yoshida. While this station is only operated by Meitetsu, it is physically connected to Mikawa-Shiotsu Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line operated by JR Central.

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History

Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station was opened on November 10, 1936 as Hiroishi Station (拾石駅 Hiroishi-eki?) on the Nagoya Railway (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). The station was renamed to its present name on October 1, 1968. The station provides access to Aichi University of Technology and Gamagōri Kyōtei Course, or Gamagōri Boat Race Course.

Lines

Layout

Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station has a single side platform for bi-directional traffic.

Platforms

1 Meitetsu Gamagōri Line For Gamagōri
For Kira-Yoshida

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Railroad
Gamagōri Line
Mikawa-Kashima - Gamagōri

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