Sakae Station (Aichi)

Sakae Station
栄駅
Sakae Station
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Nagoya
Ward Naka
Neighborhood etc. Sakae 3-5-12
Postal Code 460-0008
(in Japanese) 名古屋市中区栄三丁目5-12
History
Year opened 1957
Former name Sakaemachi Station
Present name since 1966 [1]
Rail services
Operator(s) Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s) Higashiyama Line
Statistics 26,376,104 [2] passengers/year 2008
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Sakae Station (栄駅 Sakae-eki?) is a train station in Sakae, which is in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Contents

Lines

Layout

Platforms

1 ■Higashiyama Line For Higashiyama Kōen and Fujigaoka
2 ■Higashiyama Line For Nagoya and Takabata
3 ■Meijō Line For Kanayama, Aratama-bashi, and Nagoyakō
4 ■Meijō Line For Shiyakusho and Ōzone

The station is rather large and contains many businesses such as restaurants and shops. There are three sets of gates corresponding to three exits: the Central Exit, the East Exit, and the West Exit. Past the West Exit are exits 1, 2, 7, and 8. Exit 3 and Exit 6 are between the Central Exit and the West Exit. Past the East Exit are exits 4, 4A, and 5. [3]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Higashiyama Line
Fushimi - Shinsakae-machi
Meijō Line
Yabachō - Hisaya-ōdōri

History

Sakae station, called Sakaemachi at the time, opened on November 15, 1957; 54 years ago (1957-11-15). It was a terminal station of the first subway line opened in Nagoya, the other terminal being Nagoya and the other station in between being what is now Fushimi. The new subway system replaced the electric tram which had run above ground.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), "高度経済成長期の鉄道整備―昭和30～40年代" (in Japanese), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏, グランプリ出版, p. 71, ISBN 4-87687-260-0 
  2. ^ "平成21年版名古屋市統計年鑑　11.運輸・通信 [Nagoya Statistics for Year 21 of the Heisei Era, 11 Transportation and Communication]" (in Japanese). Nagoya City. http://www.city.nagoya.jp/somu/page/0000004981.html. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
  3. ^ "駅構内図 [Diagram of Station Interior]" (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. http://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/subway/stn_map/sa_map/sakae_map.html. Retrieved 18 November 2010. 

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