Machikata Station

Machikata Station 町方駅
Machikata Station
Location	Machikata-cho, Aisai, Aichi （愛知県愛西市町方町） Japan
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	Meitetsu Bisai Line
History
Opened	1924
Previous names	Kanehira (until 1956)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	623 daily

Machikata Station (町方駅 Machikata-eki) is a train station on the Meitetsu Bisai Line located in Aisai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 9.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Bisai Line at Yatomi.

History

Machikata Station was opened on October 1, 1924 as Kanehira Station (兼平駅 Kanehira-eki) on the privately held Bisai Railroad, which was purchased by Meitetsu on August 1, 1925 becoming the Meitetsu Bisai Line. The station was closed in 1944, and reopened in 1956 under its present name.^[1] The platforms were reconstructed in 1974 and rearranged into their present configuration in 2004.

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Bisai Line

Layout

Machikata Station has a two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Bisai Line	For Tsushima
2	■ Bisai Line	For Morikami and Meitetsu-Ichinomiya

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagoya Railroad
Bisai Line
Tsushima		-	Rokuwa

References

1. 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), 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.) (8), pp. 20, 21, ISBN 9784023401389 Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Official web page (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°11′21″N 136°43′39″E / 35.1891°N 136.7276°E