Shiyakusho Station

Shiyakusho Station (市役所駅, Shiyakusho-eki, lit. "City Hall") is an underground metro station located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.[2] It is located 4.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station. This station provides access to its namesake, Nagoya City Hall, as well as Aichi Prefectural Government Office, Nagoya City Archives, Nagoya Noh Theatre and Nagoya Castle.

Shiyakusho Station

市役所駅
Entrance to station from Nagoya Castle side
LocationSannomaru 3-1-1, Naka, Nagoya, Aichi
（名古屋市中区三の丸三丁目1-1）
Japan
Operated byTransportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s)Meijō Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeM07
History
Opened1965
Passengers
20087,076,285 [1]

History

Shiyakusho Station was opened on 15 October 1965.[3]

Lines

Layout

Shiyakusho Station has one underground island platform.

Entrance No. 7 has a wooden traditional design that imitates the Komaimon gate of Nagoya Castle.

At the end of the northern exits is a large map of Nagoya Castle during the Edo period. This castle map was produced by the Institute for Cultural Environment Planning Co., Ltd. by Masaru Naito and Norio Suzuki.[4]

Platforms
1 ■ Meijō Line For Sakae, Kanayama, Aratama-bashi, and Nagoyakō
2 ■ Meijō Line For Ōzone and Motoyama

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Meijō Line
Hisaya-ōdōri - Meijō Kōen

References
  1. 平成21年版名古屋市統計年鑑　11.運輸・通信 [Nagoya Statistics for Year 21 of the Heisei Era, 11 Transportation and Communication] (in Japanese). Nagoya City. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  2. 市役所 [Shiyakusho] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  3. 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, ISBN 4-87687-260-0
  4. http://www.nagoyajou.net/introduction/map/


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