Mikawa Chiryū Station
Mikawa Chiryū Station 三河知立駅 | |
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|---|---|
| Station Building | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Aichi (See other stations in Aichi) |
| City | Chiryū |
| Neighborhood etc. | Shinchi-cho Kirado-higashi 1485 |
| Postal code | 472-0042 |
| (in Japanese) | 愛知県知立市新地町吉良道東１４番地５ [1] |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1915 |
| Former name | Chiryū Station |
| Present name since | 1959 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | Nagoya Railroad |
| Line(s) | Mikawa Line |
| Statistics | 72,336[2] passengers/year 2006 |
Mikawa Chiryū Station (三河知立駅 Mikawa Chiryū-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu on the Mikawa Line, located in Chiryū, Aichi Prefecture Japan. It is located 0.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Mikawa Line at Chiryū Station.
History
Mikawa Chiryū Station was opened on October 28, 1915, as Chiryū Station (知立駅 Chiryū-eki) on the privately owned Mikawa Railway. The Aichi Electric Railway Company opened Shin Chiryū Station (新知立駅 Shin Chiryū-eki) nearby on April 1, 1922. The two stations merged later that year. The Aichi Electric Railway Company was taken over by Meitetsu on August 1, 1935 (becoming the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, and the Mikawa Railway on June 1, 1941. A new station building was completed later the same year. The station was renamed to its present name on April 1, 1959, with the completion of the third generation station building. Operations of the Nagoya Main Line were discontinued.
Lines
- Nagoya Railroad
Layout
Mikawa Chiryū Station has a single side platform and a single island platform, but only the island platform is in use. The station is unattended.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Mikawa Line | Abandoned |
| 2 | ■Mikawa Line | For Chiryū |
| 3 | ■Mikawa Line | For Toyotashi and Sanage |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagoya Railroad | ||||
| Mikawa Line | ||||
| Mikawa Yatsuhashi | - | Chiryū | ||
See also
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Media related to Mikawa Chiryū Station at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ 三河知立 [Mikawa Chiryū] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ↑ 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. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
External links
- Official web page (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°00′14″N 137°02′43″E / 35.0040°N 137.0453°E