Chita Handa Station

Chita Handa Station
知多半田駅

Station building
Location Hirokōji 128-1, Handa, Aichi
(愛知県半田市広小路町128番地1)
Japan
Operated by Nagoya Railroad
Line(s) Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1931
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 2,036,351 [1]

Chita Handa Station (知多半田駅 Chita Handa-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Kōwa Line located in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 14.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōtagawa Station.[2]

History

Chita Handa Station was opened on April 1, 1931 as a station on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on February 2, 1943. A new station building was completed in December 1988. In July 2006, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented.

Lines

Layout

Chita Handa Station has three tracks and two platforms - a western side platform (Track 3) and central island platform (Tracks 1 and 2). The station has a pedestrian overpass facilitating access to the platforms from both sides. From Track 1, a short stub track branches off in the southern part of the station.

Adjacent stations

Service
Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Agui   Limited Express   Aoyama
Sumiyoshichō   Rapid Express   Narawa
Sumiyoshichō   Express   Narawa
Sumiyoshichō   Semi Express   Narawa
Sumiyoshichō   Local   Narawa

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. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. 知多半田 [Chita-Handa] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

Coordinates: 34°53′38″N 136°55′35″E / 34.8940°N 136.9263°E / 34.8940; 136.9263


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