Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station

Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station
名鉄一宮駅
Station building
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Ichinomiya
Postal code491-0912
(in Japanese)愛知県一宮市新生一丁目1番1号[1]
History
Year opened 1900
Former name Shin-Ichinomiya Station
Present name since 2005
Rail services
Operator(s) Meitetsu
Line(s) Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Meitetsu Bisai Line
Statistics 6,273,363[2] passengers/year (FY2006)

Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station (名鉄一宮駅 Meitetsu Ichinomiya-eki) is a railway station in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu.

Lines

Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout

The station is physically joined to JR Central's Owari-Ichinomiya Station.

Platforms

1 Meitetsu Bisai Line for Morikami and Tsushima
Meitetsu Bisai Line for Okuchō and Tamanoi
2 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line for Kasamatsu and Meitetsu-Gifu
3 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line for Meitetsu-Nagoya and Meitetsu-Gifu
4 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line for Meitetsu-Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, and Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Kōnomiya   Rapid Limited Express   Meitetsu-Gifu
Kōnomiya   Limited Express   Meitetsu-Gifu
Kōnomiya   Rapid Express   Shin-Kisogawa
Kōnomiya   Express   Shin-Kisogawa
Kōnomiya   Semi Express   Shin-Kisogawa
Myōkōji   Local   Imaise
Meitetsu Bisai Line
Kannonji - Nishi-Ichinomiya

History

The station opened on 24 January 1900 as Shin-Ichinomiya Station (新一宮駅).[3] It was renamed Meitetsu-Ichinomiya on 29 January 2005.[3] The station was reopened as an elevated station on 21 February 1993.[3]

Surrounding area

Owari-Ichinomiya Station is physically joined to this station. Nearby is Meitetsu department store, Misumida Shrine, and National Route 155. Every year a Tanabata festival is held nearby. The station provides access to Shubun University.

References

  1. 名鉄一宮 [Meitetsu-Ichinomiya] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. 第10章 運輸・通信 (平成20年度刊愛知県統計年鑑) [Statistics of Aichi in Year 20 of the Heisei Era] (in Japanese). Aichi Prefecture. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

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Coordinates: 35°18′06″N 136°47′50″E / 35.301747°N 136.797091°E