Nishi-Biwajima Station

      Nishi-Biwajima Station
      西枇杷島駅
      Meitetsu-Nishi-Biwajima-Station.JPG
      Nishi Biwajima Station exit
      Location
      Prefecture Aichi
      (See other stations in Aichi)
      City Kiyosu
      Neighborhood etc. Nishi Biwajima-cho Kawaguchi 37-2
      Postal code 452-0042
      (in Japanese) 愛知県清須市西枇杷島町川口３７番地２
      History
      Year opened 1914
      Rail services
      Operator(s) Meitetsu
      Line(s) Nagoya Main Line
      Statistics 156,258[1] passengers/year 2006

      Nishi-Biwajima Station (西枇杷島駅 Nishi Biwajima-eki?) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu, located in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 71.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi Junction.

      History

      Nishi-Biwajima Station was opened on January 23, 1914.[2] The station was closed in 1944 due to World War II, and was reopened on August 1, 1944. The station became unattended from February 2004.

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      Lines

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      Layout

      Nishi-Biwajima Station has two island platforms connected by a level crossing.

      Platforms

      Northbound ■Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Meitetsu-Ichinomiya, Tsushima, and Meitetsu-Gifu
      Northbound ■Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Meitetsu-Ichinomiya, Tsushima, and Meitetsu-Gifu
      Southbound ■Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Meitetsu-Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, and Toyohashi
      Southbound ■Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Meitetsu-Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, and Toyohashi

      Junctions

      Biwajima Junction (from south)
      left:Meitetsu main Line
      right:Inuyama Line

      Meitetsu Inuyama Line runs through 2 junctions in this station and it has no platforms.

      • Biwajima Junction (枇杷島分岐点 Biwajima Bunkiten?) Divide Inuyama line northbound from Meitetsu main line northbound.
      • Suiri Junction (砂入信号場 Suiri Shingōjō?) Divide connecting line from Inuyama line southbound.
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      Adjacent stations

      « Service »
      Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
      Sakō   Semi Express (準急)(Limited)   Futatsuiri
      Higashi-Biwajima   Local (普通)   Futatsuiri
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      References

      1. ^ "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. 
      2. ^ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese) (Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc.) (8): 20,21, ISBN 9784023401389 
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      Coordinates: 35°11′42″N 136°51′55″E / 35.19500°N 136.86528°E / 35.19500; 136.86528

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