Kakuōzan Station

Kakuōzan Station
覚王山駅
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Nagoya
Ward Chikusa
Neighborhood etc. Suemoritōri 1-7
Postal code464-0821
(in Japanese)名古屋市千種区末盛通一丁目7
History
Year opened 1963
Rail services
Station number(s) H15
Operator(s) Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s) Higashiyama Line
Statistics 8,838 passengers/day 2009
There is a bus stop near this station

Kakuōzan Station (覚王山駅 Kakuōzan-eki) is an underground metro station located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway's Higashiyama Line.[1] It is located 13.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Higashiyama Line at Takabata Station.

History

Kakuōzan Station was opened on 1 April 1963.[2] The wicket gates were automated to use the Manaca smart card system from 11 February 2011.

This station serves part of the upper class district of Nagoya and is near Kakuōzan Nittai-ji Buddhist temple.

Lines

Layout

Kakuōzan Station has two underground opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1 Higashiyama Line For Higashiyama Kōen and Fujigaoka
2 Higashiyama Line For Sakae, Nagoya, and Takabata

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Higashiyama Line
Ikeshita - Motoyama

External links

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References

  1. 覚王山 [Kakuōzan] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  2. 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", 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, p. 65, ISBN 4-87687-260-0

Coordinates: 35°10′00″N 136°57′13″E / 35.1666°N 136.9535°E