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Yabachō Station

Coordinates: 35°09′50″N 136°54′33″E / 35.1640°N 136.9092°E / 35.1640; 136.9092
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M04
Yabachō Station

矢場町駅
The logo of the Nagoya Municipal Subway. Nagoya Municipal Subway station
Yabachō Station platform in June 2017
General information
LocationSakae 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)The logo of the Meijo Line of the Nagoya Municipal Subway. Meijō Line
Connections
  • Bus interchange Bus stop
Other information
Station codeM04
History
Opened30 March 1967; 57 years ago (30 March 1967)
Passengers
200925,818 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Nagoya Municipal Subway. Nagoya Municipal Subway Following station
Kamimaezu
M03
anticlockwise
Meijō Line Sakae
M05
clockwise
Station concourse with the mechanical water clock on the left side

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

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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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Layout

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Yabacho Station has two underground opposed side platforms.

Platforms

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1  Meijō Line For Kanayama, Aratamabashi, and Nagoyakō (counterclockwise)
2  Meijō Line For Sakae and Ōzone (clockwise)

References

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  1. ^ 矢場町 [Yabacho] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Delightful Machines - Bernard Gitton's Liquid Science". marcdatabase.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  4. ^ "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.
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35°09′50″N 136°54′33″E / 35.1640°N 136.9092°E / 35.1640; 136.9092