Myōkōji Station

Myōkōji Station

妙興寺駅
; Myōkōji Station; 妙興寺駅
	Elevated station
General information
Location	Kitauramiyaji Yamato-cho Myokoji Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi-ken 491-0922; Japan
Coordinates	35°17′13″N 136°47′53″E / 35.2870°N 136.7980°E
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Distance	84.7 kilometers from Toyohashi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	NH49
Website	Official website
History
Opened	February 3, 1924
Passengers
FY2008	860 daily
Location
	Myōkōji Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Myōkōji Station Myōkōji Station (Japan)

Myōkōji Station (妙興寺駅, Myōkōji-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Lines[edit]

Myōkōji Station is served by the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and is 84.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout[edit]

The station has two opposed elevated side platforms with the station building underneath. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is unattended.

Platforms[edit]

1	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Meitetsu-Ichinomiya, Kasamatsu, and Meitetsu-Gifu
2	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Meitetsu-Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, and Toyohashi

Adjacent stations[edit]

←	Service	→
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Kōnomiya	Semi Express (Limited)	Meitetsu-Ichinomiya
Shima-Ujinaga	Local	Meitetsu-Ichinomiya

Station history[edit]

Myōkōji Station was opened on February 3, 1924 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). The tracks were elevated in 1993.

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 860 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area[edit]

Myōkō-ji
Ichinomiya Museum

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b 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.

External links[edit]

Media related to Myōkōji Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official web page (in Japanese)

[aichi-1] 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.

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