Ōtagawa Station
Ōtagawa Station 太田川駅 | |
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| Station building in Nov 2014 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Aichi (See other stations in Aichi) |
| City | Tōkai |
| Neighborhood etc. | 52 Ōta-machi Ushiroda |
| Postal code | 477-0031 |
| (in Japanese) | 愛知県東海市大田町後田52 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1912 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | Nagoya Railroad |
| Line(s) | Tokoname Line Kōwa Line |
| Statistics | 13,243 passengers/day (2007) |
 Medium bus terminal at this station | |
Ōtagawa Station (太田川駅 Ōtagawa-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu located in Tōkai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is a junction station for the Meitetsu Tokoname Line and Kōwa Line. It is a terminal station for the Kōwa Line and is located 12.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Tokoname line at Jingū-mae Station. [1]
History
Ōtagawa Station was opened on February 18, 1912, as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway Company. The privately owned Chita Railways connected to the station on April 1, 1931. The Aichi Electric Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on August 1, 1935, followed by the Chita Railway on February 1, 1943. [2] The tracks were elevated from 2007 to 2008 and the station building rebuilt from 2010 to 2012.
Lines
Layout
Elevated on December 17, 2011, Ōtagawa Station has three elevated island platforms, 2 on the 2nd level, and the other on the 3rd level.
- 2nd level
| 1 | ■Tokoname Line | for Tokoname (side line) |
| ■Kōwa Line | for Chita Handa, Kōwa, and Utsumi (side line) | |
| 2 | ■Tokoname Line | for Tokoname and Central Japan International Airport |
| ■Kōwa Line | for Kōwa and Utsumi | |
| 3 | ■Tokoname Line | for Jingū-mae, Nagoya, Gifu, Inuyama, Shin Kani, and Tsushima (from Tokoname) |
| 4 | ■Tokoname Line | for Jingū-mae, Nagoya, Gifu, and Inuyama (side line from Tokoname) |
- 3rd level
| 5 | ■Kōwa Line | for Jingū-mae, Nagoya, Gifu, and Inuyama (side line from the Kōwa Line) |
| 6 | ■Kōwa Line | for Jingū-mae, Nagoya, Gifu, and Inuyama (from the Kōwa Line) |
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Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tokoname Line | ||||
| Jingū-mae | μSKY trains (departing from Central Japan Int'l Airport before 9 a.m.) |
Owari Yokosuka | ||
| Jingū-mae | Limited Express (特急) | Owari Yokosuka | ||
| Jingū-mae[3] | Rapid Express (快速急行) | Owari Yokosuka | ||
| Ōe[4] | Express (急行) | Owari Yokosuka | ||
| Shūrakuen | Semi Express (準急) | Owari Yokosuka | ||
| Shin Nittetsu-mae | Local (普通) | Owari Yokosuka | ||
| Kōwa Line | ||||
| (from Tokoname Line) | Limited Express (特急) | Chita Handa[5] | ||
| (From Tokoname Line) | Rapid Express (快速急行) | Minami Kagiya | ||
| (From Tokoname Line) | Express (急行) | Minami Kagiya | ||
| (From Tokoname Line) | Semi Express (準急) | Minami Kagiya | ||
| (From Tokoname Line) | Local (普通) | Takayokosuka | ||
References
- ↑ 太田川 [Ōtagawa] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ↑ 鷲田 鉄也 (September 2010), クロニクル常滑線, 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese) (Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc.) (9): 9, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
- ↑ Partially Ōe and Shūrakuen
- ↑ Partially Daidocho and Shūrakuen
- ↑ Partially Minami Kagiya, Tatsumigaoka, and Sumiyoshichō
External links
- Official web page (Japanese)
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Media related to Ōtagawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
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Coordinates: 35°01′13″N 136°53′33″E / 35.0203°N 136.8924°E