Kintetsu Yatomi Station

Kintetsu Yatomi Station (近鉄弥富駅, Kintetsu-Yatomi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan , operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu .[1]

Kintetsu Yatomi Station

近鉄弥富駅
Kintetsu Yatomi Station
LocationNishimae Shinden Uguiuracho, Yatomi-shi, Aichi-ken 498-0026
Japan
Coordinates35°6′49″N 136°43′39.5″E
Operated by Kintetsu
Line(s)■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Distance16.1 kilometers from Kintetsu Nagoya
Platforms2 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeE11
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJune 26, 1938
Previous namesKankyu Yatomi; Sankyu Yatomi Station
Kankyu Yatomi Station
Kinki-Nippon Yatomi (until 1970)
Passengers
FY201811,423 daily
Location
Kintetsu-Yatomi Station
Location within Aichi Prefecture
Kintetsu-Yatomi Station
Kintetsu-Yatomi Station (Japan)
Platforms

Lines

Kintetsu Yatomi Station is served by the Kintetsu Nagoya Line, and is located 16.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya.

Station layout

The station has two island platforms connected by a footbridge. Entrances are located on the south and the north, on the Kuwana side. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is staffed.

Platforms
1, 2 ■ Nagoya Line for Yokkaichi, Osaka, Kobe and Kashikojima
3, 4 ■ Nagoya Line for Nagoya

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Sakogi   Local   Kintetsu Nagashima
Sakogi   Semi-Express   Kintetsu Nagashima
Kintetsu Kanie   Express   Kuwana

Station history

Kintetsu-Yatomi Station was opened on June 26, 1938 as Kankyu Yatomi Station (関急弥富駅, Kankyu-Yatomi-eki) a station on the Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway, which was acquired by the Sangū Express Electric Railway on January 1, 1940. The station was renamed Sangu-Yatomi Station (参急弥富駅A, Sangu-Yatomi-eki) at that time, but reverted to its original name on March 13, 1941. With the merger of Kansai-area railways into the Kintetsu group in 1944,[2] the station was again renamed on June 1, 1944 to Kinki-Nippon Yatomi Station (近畿日本弥富駅, Kinki-Nippon Yatomi-eki). The name was shortened to the present name on March 1, 1970. With the new station building was completed in September 1994.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 11,423 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area
  • Yatomi City Hall

See also

References
  1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. Kintetsu Company History
  3. 駅別乗降人員 (in Japanese). Japan: Kintetsu. 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

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