Kintetsu Yatomi Station

Kintetsu Yatomi Station
近鉄弥富駅
Kintetsu Yatomi Station
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Yatomi
Neighborhood etc. Uguiura-cho Nishimae Shinden 51
Postal code498-0026
(in Japanese)愛知県弥富市鯏浦町西前新田51
History
Year opened 1938
Former names Kankyu Yatomi Station
Sankyu Yatomi Station
Kankyu Yatomi Station
Kinki-Nippon Yatomi Station
Present name since 1970
Rail services
Operator(s) Kintetsu
Line(s) Nagoya Line
Statistics 12,124 passengers/day 2008

Kintetsu Yatomi Station (近鉄弥富駅 Kintetsu-Yatomi-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line located in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 16.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Nagoya Line at Kintetsu Nagoya. [1]


History

Kintetsu-Yatomi Station was opened on June 26, 1938 as Kankyu Yatomi Station (関急弥富駅 Kankyu-Yatomi-eki) a station on the Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway, which was acquired by the Sangū Express Electric Railway on January 1, 1940. The station was renamed Sangu-Yatomi Station (参急弥富駅A Sangu-Yatomi-eki) at that time, but reverted to its original name on March 13, 1941. With the merger of Kansai-area railways into the Kintetsu group in 1944,[2] the station was again renamed on June 1, 1944 to Kinki-Nippon Yatomi Station (近畿日本弥富駅 Kinki-Nippon Yatomi-eki). The name was shortened to the present name on March 1, 1970. With the new station building was completed in September 1994.

Line

Layout

KIntetsu Yatomi Station has a two island platforms connected by an overpass. Entrances are located on the south and the north, on the Kuwana side.

Platforms

1, 2 Nagoya Line for Yokkaichi, Osaka, Kobe and Kashikojima
3, 4 Nagoya Line for Nagoya

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Sakogi   Local   Kintetsu Nagashima
Sakogi   Semi-Express   Kintetsu Nagashima
Kintetsu Kanie   Express   Kuwana


External links

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References

  1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan isbn = 4-87366-874-3: Neko Publishing.
  2. Kintetsu Company History

Coordinates: 35°6′49″N 136°43′39.5″E / 35.11361°N 136.727639°E