Kira Yoshida Station

Kira Yoshida Station
吉良吉田駅
Station Building
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Nishio
Neighborhood etc. Kira-Yoshida Matsudo 5
Postal code444 - 0516
(in Japanese)愛知県西尾市吉良町吉田船戸5
History
Year opened 1928
Former name Mikawa Yoshida Station
Present name since 1960
Rail services
Operator(s) Nagoya Railroad
Line(s) Meitetsu Nishio Line
Meitetsu Gamagōri Line
Statistics 2,500 passengers/day 2008

Kira Yoshida Station (吉良吉田駅 Kira Yoshida-eki) is a train station on the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) located in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, Japan It is a terminus of the Gamagōri Line and is located 24.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Nishio Line at Shin Anjō.

History

Kira Yoshida Station was opened on August 25, 1928, as Mikawa Yoshida Station (三河吉田駅 Mikawa Yoshida-eki) on the Mikawa Railway. The station was renamed to its present name on November 1, 1960.

Lines

Layout

Kira Yoshida Station has a two pairs of opposed side platforms. Each pair is set at a right angle to each other, forming a "L" shape.

Platforms

2 Meitetsu Gamagōri Line For Gamagōri
3 Meitetsu Nishio Line For Nishio, Shin Anjō and Meitetsu Nagoya
4 Meitetsu Nishio Line For Nishio, Shin Anjō and Meitetsu Nagoya
Kira Yoshida Station track diagram

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Railroad
Gamagōri Line
Terminus - Mikawa Toba
Nishio Line
Kami Yokosuka   Express   Terminus
Kami Yokosuka   Semi Express   Terminus
Kami Yokosuka   Local   Terminus

External links

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Coordinates: 34°47′38″N 137°04′16″E / 34.7940°N 137.0712°E