Nishio Station

Nishio Station
西尾駅
Nishio Station
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Nishio
Neighborhood etc. Sumiyoshi-cho 4-18
Postal Code 445 - 0851
(in Japanese) 愛知県西尾市住吉町四丁目18
History
Year opened 1911
Rail services
Operator(s) Nagoya Railroad
Line(s) Meitetsu Nishio Line
Statistics 4,762 passengers/day 2006

Nishio Station (西尾駅 Nishio-eki?) is a train station on the Meitetsu Nishio Line located in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 15.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Nishio Line at Shin-Anjo.

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History

Nishio Station was opened on October 30, 1911 as a station on the privately-held Nishio Railway. It was relocated to its present location on October 1, 1928. On December 21, 1926 the Nishio Railway merged with the Aichi Electric Railway, which was acquired by the Meitetsu Group on Augusut 1, 1935. The station building was completed in December 1973. The tracks were elevated in July 1989.

Lines

Layout

Nishio Station is an elevated station with a single island platform.

Platforms

1 Meitetsu Nishio Line For Shin-Anjō, Nagoya, and Tsushima
2 Meitetsu Nishio Line For Kira-Yoshida

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Railroad
Meitetsu Nishio Line
Sakurai   Limited Express   Terminus
Sakuramachi-mae   Rapid Express   Fukuchi
Sakuramachi-mae   Semi Express   Fukuchi
Nishioguchi   Local   Fukuchi

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