Ekaku Station
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Ekaku Station 永覚駅 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Ekaku-cho 5-chome, Toyota, Aichi （愛知県豊田市永覚町） Japan |
| Operated by | Aichi Loop Railway |
| Line(s) | Aichi Loop Line |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 08 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Passengers | |
| 2008 | 443 daily |
Ekaku Station (永覚駅, Ekaku-eki) is a railway station on the Aichi Loop Line, located in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture Japan. It is located 12.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Aichi Loop Line at Okazaki Station. It is nearby the Toyota Ekaku Apartments, a housing development for Toyota factory workers.[1]
History
Ekaku Station was opened on April 26, 1976 as a passenger station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Okata Line connecting Okazaki with Shin-Toyota. At the time, the station had a single side platform. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under control of JR Central. The station was transferred to the third sector Aichi Loop Railway Company on January 31, 1988.
Lines
Layout
Ekaku Station has a single side platform for bidirectional traffic; there is no station building, but a roofed enclosure on the platform itself.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Aichi Loop Line | For Kitano-Masuzuka, Okazaki and Kōzōji |
Adjacent stations
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| Aichi Loop Railway | ||||
| Aichi Loop Line | ||||
| Mikawa-Kamigō | - | Suenohara | ||
References
External links
35°01′38″N 137°08′20″E / 35.0272°N 137.1389°E
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