Yagoto Station

Yagoto Station
八事駅

Yagoto Station No. 6 entrance
Location 102 Hiroji Kitaishizaka, Shōwa, Nagoya, Aichi
(名古屋市昭和区広路町字北石坂102)
Japan
Operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s) Meijō Line, Tsurumai Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station code T15, M20
History
Opened 1977
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008) 15,840 daily

Yagoto Station (八事駅 Yagoto-eki) is an underground metro station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya.[1] The station is located in part of the district of Yagoto.

Lines

Yagoto Station is served by the following Nagoya Municipal Subway lines:

It is an interchange station between the Tsurumai Line and the Meijō Line, and is located 15.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Tsurumai Line at Kami-Otai Station, and 17.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station.

Layout

Yagoto Station has one underground island platform for use by the Tsurumai Line and two underground opposed side platforms for use by the Meijō Line.

Platforms

1  Tsurumai Line for Akaike and Toyotashi
2  Tsurumai Line for Fushimi, Kami-Otai, and Inuyama
3  Meijō Line for Motoyama and Ōzone
4  Meijō Line for Aratama-bashi, Kanayama, and Nagoyakō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tsurumai Line
Irinaka - Shiogama-guchi
Meijō Line
Yagoto Nisseki - Sōgō Rihabiri Center

History

Yagoto Station was opened on 18 March 1977 as the initial terminal station for the Tsurumai Line.[2] The Tsurumai Line was extended to Akaike Station on 1 October 1978. The Meijō Line connected to this station from 6 October 2004.

References

  1. 八事 [Yagoto] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  2. 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, ISBN 4-87687-260-0

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Coordinates: 35°08′12″N 136°57′50″E / 35.1367°N 136.9640°E / 35.1367; 136.9640

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