Yabachō Station
M04 Yabachō Station 矢場町駅 | |||||||||||
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 Nagoya Municipal Subway station | |||||||||||
 Yabachō Station platform in June 2017 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Sakae 3-31-13, Naka, Nagoya, Aichi （名古屋市中区栄三丁目31-13） Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Meijō Line | ||||||||||
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| Station code | M04 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 March 1967 | ||||||||||
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| 2009 | 25,818 daily | ||||||||||
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Yabachō Station (矢場町駅, Yabachō-eki) is an underground metro station located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.[1] It is located 2.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station. This station provides access to several department stores in Sakae such as Parco and Matsuzakaya.
History
[edit]Yabachō Station was opened on 30 March 1967.[2] It is named after the historic neighbourhood of Yaba-chō.
At the entrance to the turnstiles, a mechanical water clock by the French scientist Bernard Gitton was installed in the 1990s.[3][4]
Lines
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Nagoya Municipal Subway
Meijō Line (Station number: M04)
Layout
[edit]Yabacho Station has two underground opposed side platforms.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Meijō Line | For Kanayama, Aratamabashi, and Nagoyakō (counterclockwise) |
| 2 | ■ Meijō Line | For Sakae and Ōzone (clockwise) |
References
[edit]- ^ 矢場町 [Yabacho] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. Retrieved 19 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
- ^ "Delightful Machines - Bernard Gitton's Liquid Science". marcdatabase.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Matsuzakaya's 松坂屋 Time-Flow water clock by Bernard Gitton, at Yabachou Station, Nagoya City Subway Japan". flickr.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
External links
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Media related to Yabachō Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official web page (in Japanese)
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