Ōnomachi Station

Ōnomachi Station 大野町駅
Ōnomachi Station
Location	Ōnomachi 5-chome 170-banchi, Tokoname, Aichi （愛知県常滑市大野町五丁目１７０番地 [1]） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Tokoname Line
History
Opened	1912
Previous names	Ōno (until 1920 [2])
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	559,293[3]

Ōnomachi Station (大野町駅 Ōnomachi-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Tokoname Line located in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 24.1 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Jingū-mae Station. ^[1]

History

Ōnomachi Station was opened on February 18, 1912 as Ōno Station (大野町駅 Ōno-eki) on the Aichi Electric Railway Company. It was renamed to its present name before 1920. The Aichi Electric Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on August 1, 1935. In January 2005, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented. ^[2]

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Tokoname Line

Layout

Ōnomachi Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass.

Platforms

1	■ Tokoname Line	For Tokoname and Central Japan International Airport
2	■ Tokoname Line	For Ōtagawa and Jingū-mae

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Meitetsu Tokoname Line
μSKY Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Shin Maiko		Express		Nishinokuchi Tokoname
Shin Maiko		Semi-Express		Tokoname
Shin Maiko		Local		Nishinokuchi

References

1. 大野町 [Ōnomachi] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
2. 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), 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) (Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc.) (9), p. 9, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
3. 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

• Official web page (Japanese)
• Media related to Ōnomachi Station at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 34°56′08″N 136°49′39″E / 34.9355°N 136.8276°E