Sakabe Station

Sakabe Station
坂部駅
Station building
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
District Chita
Town Agui
Neighborhood etc. Sakabe 35-7
Postal code470-2212
(in Japanese)愛知県知多郡阿久比町大字卯坂字上向田35番地7
History
Year opened 1931
Rail services
Operator(s) Nagoya Railroad
Line(s) Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Statistics 380 passengers/day 2008

Sakabe Station (坂部駅 Sakabe-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Kōwa Line located in Agui, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 9.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōtagawa Station. [1]

History

Sakabe Station was opened on April 1, 1931 as a station on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on February 2, 1943. In February 2007, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented, after which time the station has been unattended.

Lines

Sakabe Station has two opposed side platforms. The platforms are short and can handle trains of only six carriages or less.

Layout

Platforms

1 Meitetsu Kōwa Line For Chita Handa, Kōwa, and Utsumi
2 Meitetsu Kōwa Line For Ōtagawa and Kanayama

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Limited Express: no stop
Rapid Express: no stop
Express: no stop
Semi Express: no stop
Shirasawa   Local   Agui

External links

References

  1. 坂部 [Sakabe] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

Coordinates: 34°56′30″N 136°54′59″E / 34.9418°N 136.9164°E