Hekinan Chūō Station

Hekinan Chūō Station
碧南中央駅
Hekinan Chūō Station
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Hekinan
Neighborhood etc. Sakae
Postal Code 447-0877
(in Japanese) 愛知県碧南市栄町
History
Year opened 1915
Former name Shin-Suma Station
Present name since 1981
Rail services
Operator(s) Nagoya Railroad
Line(s) Meitetsu Mikawa Line
Statistics 2,011 passengers/day 2007

Hekinan Chūō Station (碧南中央駅 Hekinan Chūō-eki?) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu on the Mikawa Line, located in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture Japan. It is located 16.9kilometers from the terminus of the Mikawa Line at Chiryū Station.

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History

Hekinan Chūō Station was opened on February 5, 1914 as a temporary stop operating only during the summer vacation season for beachgoerson the privately-owned Mikawa Railway Company. It was elevated to the status of a station on July 10, 1915 and named Shin-Suma Station (新須磨駅 Shinsuma-eki?). The Mikawa Railway Company was taken over by Meitetsu on June 1, 1941. The station was renamed to its present name on December 14, 1981.

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Layout

Hekinan Chūō Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1 Mikawa Line For Mikawa Takahama, Kariya, and Chiryū
2 Mikawa Line For Hekinan

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Railroad
Mikawa Line
Shinkawamachi - Hekinan

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