Shin-Seto Station

Shin-Seto Station
新瀬戸駅

Shin-Seto Station
Location 64 Yokoyama-cho, Seto, Aichi
(愛知県瀬戸市東横山町64)
Japan
Operated by Meitetsu
Line(s) Meitetsu Seto Line
History
Opened 1905
Previous names Owari-Yokoyama (until 1971)
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 5,018 daily

Shin-Seto Station (新瀬戸駅 Shin-Seto-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Seto Line located in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 18.7 rail kilometers from terminus of the line at Sakaemachi Station.[1] Passengers can transfer to Setoshi Station on the Aichi Loop Line.

History

Shin-Seto Station was opened on April 2, 1905, as Yokoyama Station (横山駅 Yokoyama-eki) on the privately operated Seto Electric Railway. It was renamed Owari-Yokoyama Station (尾張横山駅 Owari-Yokoyama-eki) on June 1, 1935. The Seto Electric Railway was absorbed into the Meitetsu group on September 1, 1939. The station was renamed to its present name on October 1, 1971.

Lines

Layout

Shin-Seto Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass. The station is normally unattended.

Platforms

1  Meitetsu Seto Line For Owari Seto
2  Meitetsu Seto Line For Ōzone and Sakaemachi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagoya Railroad
Seto Line
Mizuno   Express   Seto-Shiyakusho-mae
Mizuno   Local Express   Seto-Shiyakusho-mae
Mizuno   Local   Seto-Shiyakusho-mae

External links

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Notes

  1. 新瀬戸 [Shin-Seto] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

Coordinates: 35°13′31″N 137°04′38″E / 35.2252°N 137.0771°E / 35.2252; 137.0771

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