Moto Hoshizaki Station
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Location | Hoshimiya-cho 301, Minami, Nagoya, Aichi (愛知県名古屋市南区星宮町301) Japan | ||||||||||
Operated by | Nagoya Railroad | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1917 | ||||||||||
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2008 | 1740 daily | ||||||||||
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Moto Hoshizaki Station (本星崎駅, Moto Hoshizaki-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line located in Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is located 56.7 kilometers from the junction of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi.
History
[edit]Moto Hoshizaki Station was opened on May 8, 1917, as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway. On April 1, 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). The station has been unattended since September 2004.
The stations serves the Hoshizaki (星崎) district, a former town. The line dissects the grounds of the former Hoshizaki Castle.
Lines
[edit]Layout
[edit]Moto Hoshizaki Station has two opposed side platforms.
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | For Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Inuyama |
2 | ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | For Higashi Okazaki and Toyohashi |
External links
[edit]- Media related to Moto Hoshizaki Station at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Japanese) Meitetsu Station information
35°05′15″N 136°56′15″E / 35.0875°N 136.9375°E