Nishi Biwajima Station

Nishi-Biwajima Station

西枇杷島駅
Nishi-Biwajima Station; 西枇杷島駅
	Nishi Biwajima Station exit
General information
Location	37-2 Nishi Biwajima-cho, Kawaguchi, Kiyosu, Aichi; （愛知県清須市西枇杷島町川口37-2）; Japan
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	Nagoya Main Line
History
Opened	1914
Passengers
2006	156,258

Nishi-Biwajima Station (西枇杷島駅, Nishi Biwajima-eki) is a railway station operated by the private railway operator Meitetsu, located in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan. It is located 71.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi Junction.

Lines

Nishi-Biwajima Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout

Nishi-Biwajima Station has two island platforms connected by a level crossing.

Platforms

Northbound	■ Nagoya Main Line	for Sukaguchi Ichinomiya, Gifu, and Tsushima
Northbound	■ Nagoya Main Line	for Sukaguchi, Ichinomiya, Gifu, and Tsushima
Southbound	■ Nagoya Main Line	for Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, Toyohashi, Otagawa, and Central Japan International Airport
Southbound	■ Nagoya Main Line	for Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, Toyohashi, Otagawa, and Central Japan International Airport

Junctions

Biwajima Junction as seen from the south, with the Meitetsu Main Line on the left and the Inuyama Line on the right

Biwajima Junction (枇杷島分岐点, Biwajima Bunkiten), where the northbound Inuyama line diverges from the northbound Main Line
Shimosuiri Junction (下砂杁信号場, Shimosuiri Shingōjō), where the southbound lines diverge

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Higashi-Biwajima		Local		Futatsuiri

History

Nishi-Biwajima Station was opened on January 23, 1914.^[2] The station was closed in 1944 due to World War II, and was reopened on August 1, 1944. The station became unattended from February 2004.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ 第10章　運輸・通信（平成20年度刊愛知県統計年鑑） [Statistics of Aichi in Year 20 of the Heisei Era] (in Japanese). Aichi Prefecture. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
^ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 8, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., pp. 20, 21, ISBN 9784023401389 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Station guide Template:Ja icon

35°11′42″N 136°51′55″E / 35.19500°N 136.86528°E / 35.19500; 136.86528

[aichi-1] 第10章　運輸・通信（平成20年度刊愛知県統計年鑑） [Statistics of Aichi in Year 20 of the Heisei Era] (in Japanese). Aichi Prefecture. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

[asahi-2] 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 8, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., pp. 20, 21, ISBN 9784023401389 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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