Kintetsu Yatomi Station

Kintetsu Yatomi Station 近鉄弥富駅
Kintetsu Yatomi Station
Location	Uguiura-cho Nishimae Shinden 51, Yatomi, Aichi （愛知県弥富市鯏浦町西前新田51） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Nagoya Line
History
Opened	1938
Previous names	Kankyu Yatomi; Sankyu Yatomi Station Kankyu Yatomi Station Kinki-Nippon Yatomi (until 1970)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	12,124 daily

Kintetsu Yatomi Station (近鉄弥富駅, Kintetsu-Yatomi-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line located in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 16.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Nagoya Line at Kintetsu Nagoya.^[1]

History

Kintetsu-Yatomi Station was opened on June 26, 1938 as Kankyu Yatomi Station (関急弥富駅, Kankyu-Yatomi-eki) a station on the Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway, which was acquired by the Sangū Express Electric Railway on January 1, 1940. The station was renamed Sangu-Yatomi Station (参急弥富駅A, Sangu-Yatomi-eki) at that time, but reverted to its original name on March 13, 1941. With the merger of Kansai-area railways into the Kintetsu group in 1944,^[2] the station was again renamed on June 1, 1944 to Kinki-Nippon Yatomi Station (近畿日本弥富駅, Kinki-Nippon Yatomi-eki). The name was shortened to the present name on March 1, 1970. With the new station building was completed in September 1994.

Line

• Kintetsu Nagoya Line

Layout

Kintetsu Yatomi Station has two island platforms connected by an overpass. Entrances are located on the south and the north, on the Kuwana side.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kintetsu-Yatomi Station.

• Kintetsu: Kintetsu Yatomi Station Official web page (in Japanese)

References

Coordinates: 35°6′49″N 136°43′39.5″E / 35.11361°N 136.727639°E / 35.11361; 136.727639