Kōwa Station

Kōwa Station
河和駅
Station building
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
District Chita
Town Mihama
Neighborhood etc. Kōwa
Postal Code 470-2406
(in Japanese) 愛知県知多郡美浜町大字河和字北田面5番地1 [1]
History
Year opened 1935
Rail services
Operator(s) Meitetsu
Line(s) Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Statistics 882,466 [2] passengers/year 2006

Kōwa Station (河和駅 Kōwa-eki?) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Kōwa Line located in Mihama, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It isa terminus of the line, and is located 28.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus at Ōtagawa Station.

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History

Kōwa Station was opened on August 1, 1935 as a station on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu system on February 1, 1943. A new station building was completed in March 1979. In 2006, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented.

Lines

Layout

Kōwa Station has a bay platform with two platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1 Meitetsu Kōwa Line For Fuki, Ōtagawa, and Meitetsu-Nagoya
2 Meitetsu Kōwa Line For Fuki, Ōtagawa, and Meitetsu-Nagoya
3 Meitetsu Kōwa Line For Fuki, Ōtagawa, and Meitetsu-Nagoya
4 Meitetsu Kōwa Line For Fuki, Ōtagawa, and Meitetsu-Nagoya

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Fuki   Rapid Limited   Terminus
Fuki   Limited Express   Terminus
Kōwaguchi   Express   Terminus
Kōwaguchi   Local Express   Terminus
Kōwaguchi   Local   Terminus

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