Gokiso Station

Gokiso Station

御器所駅
Gokiso Station; 御器所駅
	Gokiso Station, 6th Entrance
General information
Location	Gokisotōri 3-7, Shōwa, Nagoya, Aichi; （名古屋市昭和区御器所通三丁目7）; Japan
Operated by	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s)	Tsurumai Line; Sakuradōri Line;
Connections	Bus terminal;
Other information
Station code	T12 ; S10
History
Opened	1977
Passengers
2009	10,329 daily

Station platform 2 of the Tsurumai Line towards Kami-Otai and Inuyama (2010)

Station platform of the Sakura-dōri Line (2010)

Gokiso Station (御器所駅, Gokiso-eki) is an underground metro station located in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway's Tsurumai Line.^[1] The station is an interchange station between the Tsurumai Line and the Sakura-dōri Line and is located 11.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Tsurumai Line at Kami-Otai Station and 8.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Sakura-dōri Line at Nakamura Kuyakusho Station.

History

Gokiso Station was opened on 18 March 1977.^[2] The Sakura-dōri Line began operations to this station from 30 March 1994. Platform screen doors were installed on the Sakura-dōri Line platform from 28 May 2011.

Lines

Nagoya Municipal Subway
- Tsurumai Line (Station number: T12)
- Sakura-dōri Line (Station number: S10)

Layout

Gokiso Station has two underground opposed side platforms for the Tsrumai Line and one underground island platform for the Sakura-dōri Line.

Platforms

1	■ Tsurumai Line	For Yagoto, Akaike, and Toyotashi
2	■ Tsurumai Line	For Fushimi, Kami-Otai, and Inuyama
3	■ Sakura-dōri Line	For Aratama-bashi and Nonami
4	■ Sakura-dōri Line	For Imaike, Nagoya, and Nakamura Kuyakusho

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Tsurumai Line
Arahata	-	Kawana
Sakura-dōri Line
Fukiage	-	Sakurayama

References

^ 御器所 [Gokiso] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
^ 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