Shin Anjō Station

Shin Anjō Station
新安城駅
The south exit
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Anjō
Neighborhood etc. 1-1-5 Higashi Sakae-chō
Postal code446-0007
(in Japanese)愛知県安城市東栄町一丁目1-5
History
Year opened 1923
Former name Imamura Station
Present name since 1970
Rail services
Operator(s) Meitetsu
Line(s) Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Statistics 17,580 passengers/day (FY2009)
Small bus terminal at this station

Shin Anjō Station (新安城駅 Shin-Anjō-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line in Anjō, Aichi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu).

Lines

Shin Anjō Station is served by the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and Meitetsu Nishio Line. It is a terminus for the Nishio Line, and lies 38.5 km from the terminus of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi Station.

Layout

Shin Anjō Station has a three island platforms serving six tracks. Track one terminates at this station.

Platforms

1 Meitetsu Nishio Line for Nishio and Kira-Yoshida
2 Meitetsu Meitetsu Nishio Line for Nishio and Kira Yoshida
3 Nagoya Main Line for Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Inuyama (also from the Nishio Line)
4 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line for Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Inuyama
5 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line for Higashi Okazaki and Toyohashi
6 Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line for Higashi Okazaki and Toyohashi
Shin Anjō Station track diagram

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Nagoya Main Line
Rapid Limited Express: no stop
Higashi Okazaki   Limited Express   Chiryū
Higashi Okazaki   Express   Chiryū
Yahagibashi   Semi Express   Chiryū
Utō   Local   Ushida
Nishio Line
From Main Line   Limited Express   Minami Anjō
From Main Line   Express   Minami Anjō
From Main Line   Semi Express   Minami-Anjō
From Main Line   Local   Kita Anjō

History

The station opened on June 1, 1922, as Imamura Station (今村駅 Imamura-eki) on the privately owned Aichi Electric Railway, which was acquired by the Meitetsu Group on August 1, 1935. The station was renamed Shin Anjo on May 1, 1970.

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Coordinates: 34°59′13″N 137°05′07″E / 34.9870732°N 137.0851868°E