Hyōtan-yama Station (Aichi)
 Hyōtan-yama Station 瓢箪山駅 | |||||||||||
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 Hyōtan-yama Station in September 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 15-17 Chōei, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 463-0062 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°11′50″N 136°57′50″E / 35.1972°N 136.964°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Meitetsu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Meitetsu Seto Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 7.6 kilometers from Sakaemachi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | ST09 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 3, 1936 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Ōmori (to 1992) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2017 | 2135 | ||||||||||
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Hyōtan-yama Station (瓢箪山駅, Hyōtan-yama-eki) is a railway station in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.[1]
Lines
[edit]Hyōtan-yama Station is served by the Meitetsu Seto Line, and is located 7.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Sakaemachi.
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 | ■ Meitetsu Seto Line | For Owari Seto |
| 2 | ■ Meitetsu Seto Line | For Sakaemachi |
Station history
[edit]Hyōtan-yama Station was opened on June 3, 1936, on the privately operated Seto Electric Railway. The Seto Electric Railway was absorbed into the Meitetsu group on September 1, 1939. The station was closed from 1944 to 1946 due to World War 2. The platforms were lengthened in March 1978. A new station building was completed on October 6, 1981, and the station was staffed for the first time. However, with the introduction of the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles in December 2006, the station has again been unattended.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2135 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Hyōtanyama Kofun
- Moriyama Junior High School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 瓢箪山 [Hyōtan-yama] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
- ^ 平成30年版名古屋市統計年鑑 11.運輸・通信 (in Japanese). Japan: Nagoya City. 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
External links
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Media related to Hyōtan-yama Station (Aichi) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official web page (in Japanese)