Shinnittetsu-mae Station

Shinnittetsu-mae Station 新日鉄前駅
Location
Prefecture	Aichi (See other stations in Aichi)
City	Tōkai
Neighborhood etc.	Arao
Postal code	476-0015
(in Japanese)	愛知県東海市荒尾町東海町二丁目6-4
History
Year opened	1912
Former names	Kaya Station Tōkaiseitetsu-mae Station Fujiseitetsu-mae Station
Present name since	1970
Rail services
Operator(s)	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Tokoname Line
Statistics	2,292 passengers/day [citation needed]

Shinnittetsu-mae Station (新日鉄前駅, Shinnittetu-mae-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Tokoname Line located in Tōkai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 10.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Jingū-mae Station. ^[1] This station provides access to Seijoh University, although the name comes from the nearby Nippon Steel plant.

History

Shinnittetu-mae Station was opened on February 18, 1912 as Kaya Station (加家駅, Kaya-eki) on the Aichi Electric Railway Company. The Aichi Electric Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on August 1, 1935; however, the station was closed in 1944. On August 17, 1964, the station was reopened as Tōkaiseitetsu-mae Station (東海製鉄前駅, Tōkaiseitetsu-mae eki) after the nearby Tōkai Steel plant. The station named changed to Fujiseitetsu-mae Station (富士製鉄前駅, Fujiseitetsu-mae eki) when Tōkai was absorbed into Fuji Steel on August 1, 1967, and then to its present name on March 31, 1970 when Fuji co-founded Nippon Steel. The station has been unattended since March 2002. In January 2005, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented.

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Tokoname Line

Layout

Shinnittetu-mae Station has two elevated opposed side platforms, connected by an overpass.

Platforms

The station has two side platforms.

Adjacent stations

External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu Station information

References

Coordinates: 35°02′07″N 136°53′57″E / 35.0353°N 136.8993°E / 35.0353; 136.8993