Shinkawamachi Station

Shinkawamachi Station 新川町駅
Shinkawamachi Station
Location
Prefecture	Aichi (See other stations in Aichi)
City	Hekinan
Neighborhood etc.	Shinkawa-machi
Postal Code	447-0863
(in Japanese)	愛知県碧南市新川町
History
Year opened	1914
Rail services
Operator(s)	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Mikawa Line
Statistics	535 passengers/day 2007

Shinkawamachi Station (新川町駅, Shinkawamachi-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu on the Mikawa Line, located in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture Japan. It is located 15.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Mikawa Line at Chiryū Station.

History

Shinkawamachi Station was opened on February 5, 1914 as a station on the privately-owned Mikawa Railway Company. A spur line ran from this station to Shinkawaguchi Station (新川口駅, Shinkawaguchi-eki) from 1915-1955. The Mikawa Railway Company was taken over by Meitetsu on June 1, 1941. The station has been unattended since 2005.

Lines

• Nagoya Railroad
  • Mikawa Line

Layout

Shinkawamachi Station has two opposed side platforms. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■Mikawa Line	For Hekinan
2	■Mikawa Line	For Mikawa Takahama, Kariya, and Chiryū

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagoya Railroad
Mikawa Line
Kitashinkawa		-	Hekinan Chūō

External Links

• Official web page (Japanese)