Okuda Station

Okuda Station
奥田駅

Okuda Station
Location Okuda-cho, Inazawa, Aichi
（愛知県稲沢市奥田町字木之内２１９５番地４ [1]）
Japan
Operated by Meitetsu
Line(s) Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
History
Opened 1928
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 345,803[2]

Okuda Station (奥田駅, Okuda-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line located in Inazawa, Aichi, Japan. It is located 78.8 kilometers from the junction of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi.

History

Okuda Station was opened on February 3, 1928 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway. On April 1, 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railway (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). On September 26, 2002 the station was the site of a fatal accident (the Okuda incident).

Lines

Layout

Okuda Station has two opposed side platforms. The station building is unattended.

Platforms

Westbound ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Meitetsu-Ichinomiya, Kasamatsu, and Meitetsu-Gifu
Eastbound ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Meitetsu-Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, and Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Ōsato   Local (普通)   Kōnomiya

References

  1. ↑ 奥田 [Okuda] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  2. ↑ 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.

Coordinates: 35°14′07″N 136°48′39″E / 35.2352°N 136.8109°E / 35.2352; 136.8109

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