Jingū-mae Station
Appearance
General information | |||||
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Location | 18-1 Sambommatsu-cho, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 456-0032 Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 35°07′33″N 136°54′45″E / 35.1257924°N 136.9124794°E | ||||
Operated by | Meitetsu | ||||
Line(s) | |||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | NH33 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 19 March 1917 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2006 | 5,840,270[1] | ||||
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Jingū-mae Station (神宮前駅, Jingū-mae-eki) is a railway station in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad. It is the nearest station to Atsuta Shrine.
Lines
[edit]Jingū-mae Station is served by the following two Meitetsu lines.
Station layout
[edit]The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, with the two inner tracks used by the Tokoname Line and the two outer ones for the Nagoya Main Line.
Platforms
[edit]1, 2 | ■ Nagoya Main Line | for ‹See TfM›Kanayama, ‹See TfM›Nagoya, and ‹See TfM›Gifu |
■ Inuyama Line ■ Hiromi Line |
for Kanayama, Nagoya, ‹See TfM›Inuyama, and ‹See TfM›Shin Kani | |
■ Tsushima Line ■ Bisai Line |
for Kanayama, Nagoya, ‹See TfM›Tsushima, and ‹See TfM›Saya | |
3 | ■ Meitetsu Tokoname Line ■ Airport Line |
for ‹See TfM›Ōtagawa, ‹See TfM›Tokoname, and ‹See TfM›Central Japan International Airport |
■ Kōwa Line ■ Chita New Line |
for Ōtagawa, ‹See TfM›Kōwa, and ‹See TfM›Utsumi | |
4 | ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line ■ Toyokawa Line |
for ‹See TfM›Chiryū, ‹See TfM›Higashi Okazaki, ‹See TfM›Toyohashi, and Toyokawa-inari |
■ Nishio Line | for Chiryū, ‹See TfM›Nishio, and Kira Yoshida |
Adjacent stations
[edit]← | Service | → | ||
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Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | ||||
‹See TfM›Chiryū | Rapid Limited Express | ‹See TfM›Kanayama | ||
Chiryū | Limited Express | Kanayama | ||
‹See TfM›Horita | Express | Kanayama | ||
Horita | Semi Express | Kanayama | ||
Horita | Local | Kanayama | ||
Meitetsu Tokoname Line | ||||
Kanayama (Main Line) | μSKY Limited Express (mainly) | ‹See TfM›Central Japan International Airport | ||
Kanayama (Main Line) | μSKY Limited Express (departing from Central Japan Int'l Airport before 9 a.m.) |
‹See TfM›Ōtagawa | ||
Kanayama (Main Line) | Limited Express | Ōtagawa | ||
Kanayama (Main Line) | Rapid Express | ‹See TfM›Ōe ‹See TfM›Shūrakuen Ōtagawa (mainly) | ||
Kanayama (Main Line) | Express | Ōe | ||
Kanayama (Main Line) | Semi Express | Ōe | ||
Kanayama (Main Line) | Local | ‹See TfM›Toyodahommachi |
History
[edit]The station opened on 19 March 1917, as a station of the Aichi Electric Railway.[2]
In 1984, a bomb threat was sent to the station, causing it to be closed for two days. Jingū-mae Station lost an estimated $200 USD in revenue.
Surrounding area
[edit]- Atsuta Shrine
- Atsuta ward office
- Headquarters of Nippon Sharyo
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 第10章 運輸・通信 (平成20年度刊愛知県統計年鑑) [Statistics of Aichi in Year 20 of the Heisei Era] (in Japanese). Aichi Prefecture. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), クロリクル常滑線, 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 9, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 9, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jingū-mae Station.
- Official website (in Japanese)