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Kō Station (Aichi)

Kō Station (国府駅, Kō-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Lines

Kō Station is a station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line and is 9.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Toyohashi. It is also a terminal station for the Meitetsu Toyokawa Line and is 7.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Toyokawa-inari.

Station layout

The station has three island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is staffed.

Platforms

1  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Higashi Okazaki, Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Shin Unuma
2  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Higashi Okazaki, Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Shin Unuma
3  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Ina and Toyohashi
4  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Ina and Toyohashi
   Meitetsu Toyokawa Line For Toyokawa-inari
5  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Higashi Okazaki, Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Shin Unuma
   Meitetsu Toyokawa Line For Toyokawa-inari
6  Meitetsu Toyokawa Line For Toyokawa-inari

Adjacent stations

Service
Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Rapid Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Toyohashi   Limited Express   Higashi Okazaki
Ina   Express   Motojuku
Ina   Semi Express   Motojuku
Odabuchi   Local   Goyu
Toyokawa Line
Yawata   Rapid Limited Express   Motojuku (Main Line)
Yawata   Limited Express   Motojuku (Main Line)
Yawata   Express   Motojuku (Main Line)
Yawata   Semi Express   Motojuku (Main Line)
Yawata   Local   Goyu (Main Line)

Station history

Kō Station was opened on 1 April 1926 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway's Toyohashi Line connecting Toyohashi with Kozakai in the former municipality of  [ja]. On 1 April 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). A spur line to Toyokawa was opened on 18 February 1945. In December 1987, the station platforms were extended to be able to accommodate trains of six-carriages in length. The station building was rebuilt in 2008-2009.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 5113 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

  • ruins of Mikawa Kokubun-ji
  • Kō Elementary School
  • Kō Junior High School

See also

References

  1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ^ "平成30年版豊川市の統計)2.駅別旅客輸送状況(JR)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Toyokawa City. 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

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