Meiden Akasaka Station
![]() Meiden Akasaka Station, February 2006 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Matsumoto Akasakacho, Toyokawashi, Aichi-ken 441-0202 Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 34°51′34″N 137°18′40″E / 34.8595°N 137.3111°E | ||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||
Line(s) | ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line | ||||
Distance | 12.5 kilometers from Toyohashi | ||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||
Station code | NH06 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 April 1926 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
FY2017 | 517 daily | ||||
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Meiden Akasaka Station (名電赤坂駅, Meiden Akasaka-eki) is a railway station in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.
Lines
[edit]Meiden Akasaka Station is served by the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and is 12.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Toyohashi Station.[citation needed]
Station layout
[edit]The station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building underneath. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Nagoya Main Line | For Higashi Okazaki and Meitetsu Nagoya |
2 | ■ Nagoya Main Line | For Toyohashi and Toyokawa-inari |
Adjacent stations
[edit]← | Service | → | ||
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Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | ||||
Semi Express (準急): Does not stop at this station | ||||
Goyu | Local (普通) | Meiden Nagasawa |
Station history
[edit]Meiden Akasaka Station was opened on 1 April 1926 as Aiden Akasaka Station (名電赤坂駅, Aiden-Akasaka-eki) on the Aichi Electric Railway. On 1 April 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). The station was renamed to its present name on 1 December 1938. The station has been unattended since 1971.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 517 passengers daily.[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- former Otowa Town Hall
- Akasaka-juku (Tōkaidō)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "平成30年版豊川市の統計)2.駅別旅客輸送状況(JR)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Toyokawa City. 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
External links
[edit] Media related to Meiden Akasaka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official web page (in Japanese)