Shirasawa Station (Aichi)

Shirasawa Station 白沢駅
Station buildings
Location	Shirasawa 17-4, Agui, Chita, Aichi （愛知県知多郡阿久比町大字白沢字豊石山１７番地４） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Kōwa Line
History
Opened	1931
Previous names	Chita Shirasawa (until 1949)
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	281 daily

Shirasawa Station (白沢駅 Shirasawa-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Kōwa Line located in Agui, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 7.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōtagawa Station. ^[1]

History

Shirasawa Station was opened on April 1, 1931, as Chita Shirasawa Station (知多白沢駅 Chita Shirasawa-eki)on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on February 2, 1943. The station was renamed to its present name on December 1, 1949, and has also been unattended since 1949. In March 2007, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented.

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Kōwa Line

Layout

Shirasawa Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Chita Handa, Kōwa, and Utsumi
2	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Ōtagawa and Kanayama

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Semi Express: Does not stop at this station
Tatsumigaoka		Local		Sakabe

External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu Station information
• Media related to Shirasawa Station (Aichi) at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. 白沢 [Shirasawa] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

Coordinates: 34°57′19″N 136°54′54″E / 34.9553°N 136.915°E