Shirasawa Station (Aichi)

Shirasawa Station
白沢駅
Station buildings
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
District Chita
Town Agui
Neighborhood etc. Shirasawa 17-4
Postal code470-2201
(in Japanese)愛知県知多郡阿久比町大字白沢字豊石山17番地4
History
Year opened 1931
Former name Chita Shirasawa Station
Present name since 1949
Rail services
Operator(s) Nagoya Railroad
Line(s) Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Statistics 281 passengers/day 2005

Shirasawa Station (白沢駅 Shirasawa-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Kōwa Line located in Agui, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 7.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōtagawa Station. [1]

History

Shirasawa Station was opened on April 1, 1931, as Chita Shirasawa Station (知多白沢駅 Chita Shirasawa-eki)on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on February 2, 1943. The station was renamed to its present name on December 1, 1949, and has also been unattended since 1949. In March 2007, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented.

Lines

Layout

Shirasawa Station has two opposed side platforms.

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
Tatsumigaoka   Local   Sakabe

External links

References

  1. 白沢 [Shirasawa] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

Coordinates: 34°57′19″N 136°54′54″E / 34.9553°N 136.915°E