Asahi-mae Station

Asahi-mae Station
旭前駅
Asahi-mae Station
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Owariasahi
Neighborhood etc. Asahimae-cho, Hirokute 4889-5
Postal code488-0853
(in Japanese)愛知県尾張旭市旭前町広久手4889-5
History
Year opened 1905
Former name Tsunboishi (聾石) Station
Present name since 1942
Rail services
Operator(s) Meitetsu
Line(s) Meitetsu Seto Line
Statistics 4,658 passengers/day 2009

Asahi-mae Station (旭前駅 Asahi-mae-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Seto Line located in Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 13.1 rail kilometers from terminus of the line at Sakaemachi Station.[1] This station provides access to the headquarters of Asahi-Seiki Manufacturing.

History

Asahi-mae Station was opened on April 2, 1905, as Tsunboishi Station (聾石 Tsunboishi-eki)on the privately operated Seto Electric Railway. The Seto Electric Railway was absorbed into the Meitetsu group on September 1, 1939. The station was renamed to its present name in 1942. A new station building was completed in April 1985. The station has been unattended since 2006.

Lines

Layout

Asahi-mae Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1 Meitetsu Seto Line For Owari Seto
2 Meitetsu Seto Line For Ōzone and Sakaemachi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Railroad
Seto Line
Express: no stop
Inba   Local Express   Owari Asahi
Inba   Local   Owari Asahi

External links

Notes

  1. 旭前 [Asahimae] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

Coordinates: 35°12′50″N 137°01′11″E / 35.2140°N 137.0198°E