Jingū-mae Station
Appearance
Jingu-mae Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 18-1 Sambommatsu-cho, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 456-0032 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°07′33″N 136°54′45″E / 35.1257924°N 136.9124794°E | ||||
| Operated by | Meitetsu | ||||
| Lines | |||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | NH33 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 19 March 1917 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2006 | 5,840,270[1] | ||||
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Jingū-mae Station (神宮前駅, Jingū-mae-eki) is a railway station in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad. It is the nearest station to Atsuta Shrine.
Lines
[edit]Jingū-mae Station is served by the following two Meitetsu lines.
Station layout
[edit]
The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, with the two inner tracks used by the Tokoname Line and the two outer ones for the Nagoya Main Line.
Platforms
[edit]| 1, 2 | ■ Nagoya Main Line | for Kanayama, Nagoya, and Gifu |
| ■ Inuyama Line ■ Hiromi Line |
for Kanayama, Nagoya, Inuyama, and Shin Kani | |
| ■ Tsushima Line ■ Bisai Line |
for Kanayama, Nagoya, Tsushima, and Saya | |
| 3 | ■ Meitetsu Tokoname Line ■ Airport Line |
for Ōtagawa, Tokoname, and Central Japan International Airport |
| ■ Kōwa Line ■ Chita New Line |
for Ōtagawa, Kōwa, and Utsumi | |
| 4 | ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line ■ Toyokawa Line |
for Chiryū, Higashi Okazaki, Toyohashi, and Toyokawa-inari |
| ■ Nishio Line | for Chiryū, Nishio, and Kira Yoshida |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| ← | Service | → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | ||||
| Chiryū | Rapid Limited Express | Kanayama | ||
| Chiryū | Limited Express | Kanayama | ||
| Horita | Express | Kanayama | ||
| Horita | Semi Express | Kanayama | ||
| Horita | Local | Kanayama | ||
| Meitetsu Tokoname Line | ||||
| Kanayama (Main Line) | μSKY Limited Express (mainly) | Central Japan International Airport | ||
| Kanayama (Main Line) | μSKY Limited Express (departing from Central Japan Int'l Airport before 9 a.m.) |
Ōtagawa | ||
| Kanayama (Main Line) | Limited Express | Ōtagawa | ||
| Kanayama (Main Line) | Rapid Express | Ōe Shūrakuen Ōtagawa (mainly) | ||
| Kanayama (Main Line) | Express | Ōe | ||
| Kanayama (Main Line) | Semi Express | Ōe | ||
| Kanayama (Main Line) | Local | Toyodahommachi | ||
History
[edit]The station opened on 19 March 1917, as a station of the Aichi Electric Railway.[2]
In 1984, a bomb threat was sent to the station, causing it to be closed for two days. Jingū-mae Station lost an estimated $200 USD in revenue.
Surrounding area
[edit]- Atsuta Shrine
- Atsuta ward office
- Headquarters of Nippon Sharyo
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), クロリクル常滑線, 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
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External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jingū-mae Station.
- Official website (in Japanese)