Owari Yokosuka Station (尾張横須賀駅, Owari Yokosuka-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tōkai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.[1]
 Owari Yokosuka Station 尾張横須賀駅 | |||||
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 Owari Yokosuka Station, June 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Kitatanda-13-2 Yabumachi Tokai-shi, Aichi-ken 477-0034 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°00′37″N 136°53′09″E / 35.0103°N 136.8859°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Meitetsu | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Meitetsu Tokoname Line | ||||
| Distance | 13.7 kilometers from Jingū-mae | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Station code | TA10 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | February 18, 1912 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 5472 daily | ||||
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Lines
editOwari Yokosuka Station is served by the Meitetsu Tokoname Line, and is located 13.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Jingū-mae.[1]
Station layout
editThe station has two opposed side platforms, with the station building underneath. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is staffed.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tokoname Line | For Tokoname and Central Japan International Airport |
| 2 | ■ Tokoname Line | For Ōtagawa and Jingū-mae |
Adjacent stations
edit| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Meitetsu Tokoname Line | ||||
| Ōtagawa | μSKY Limited Express (departing from Central Japan Int'l Airport before 9 a.m.) |
Asakura | ||
| Ōtagawa | Limited Express | Asakura | ||
| Ōtagawa | Rapid Express | Asakura | ||
| Ōtagawa | Express | Teramoto | ||
| Ōtagawa | Semi-Express | Teramoto | ||
| Ōtagawa | Local | Teramoto | ||
Station history
editOwari Yokosuka Station was opened on February 18, 1912 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway Company. The Aichi Electric Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on August 1, 1935. The station was relocated to its present address in March 1990, and work to elevate the tracks was completed in November 2002.[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 5472 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 聚楽園 [Shūrakuen] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), "ja:クロニクル常滑線", 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 9, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 9, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
- ^ 71 名鉄電車駅別乗降客の推移 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Tokai City. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
External links
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Media related to Owari-Yokosuka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- [1] (in Japanese)