Yagoto Station

M20 T15
Yagoto Station

八事駅
The logo of the Nagoya Municipal Subway. Nagoya Municipal Subway station
Yagoto Station No. 6 entrance
General information
Location102 Hiroji Kitaishizaka, Shōwa, Nagoya, Aichi
（名古屋市昭和区広路町字北石坂102）
Japan
Operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s)
Connections
  • Bus interchange Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeT15, M20
History
Opened18 March 1977; 47 years ago (1977-03-18)
Passengers
FY2008[citation needed]15,840 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Nagoya Municipal Subway. Nagoya Municipal Subway Following station
Yagoto Nisseki
M19
anticlockwise
 Meijō Line Sōgō Rihabiri Center
M21
clockwise
Irinaka
T14
towards Kami-Otai
 Tsurumai Line Shiogama-guchi
T16
towards Akaike

Yagoto Station (八事駅, Yagoto-eki) is an underground metro station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya.[1] The station is located in part of the district of Yagoto.[citation needed]

Lines

Yagoto Station is served by the following Nagoya Municipal Subway lines:

It is an interchange station between the Tsurumai Line and the Meijō Line, and is located 15.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Tsurumai Line at Kami-Otai Station, and 17.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station.

Layout

Yagoto Station has one underground island platform for use by the Tsurumai Line and two underground opposed side platforms for use by the Meijō Line.

Platforms

1 ■ Tsurumai Line for Akaike and Toyotashi
2 ■ Tsurumai Line for Fushimi, Kami-Otai, and Inuyama
3 ■ Meijō Line for Motoyama and Ōzone
4 ■ Meijō Line for Aratama-bashi, Kanayama, and Nagoyakō
  • Platform 2 of the Tsurumai Line in 2010
    Platform 2 of the Tsurumai Line in 2010
  • Platform 4 of the Meijō Line towards Aratama-bashi and Kanayama in 210
    Platform 4 of the Meijō Line towards Aratama-bashi and Kanayama in 210

History

Yagoto Station was opened on 18 March 1977 as the initial terminal station for the Tsurumai Line.[2] The Tsurumai Line was extended to Akaike Station on 1 October 1978. The Meijō Line connected to this station from 6 October 2004.

Notable Locations

Locations nearby include the Shingon Buddhist temple of Kōshō-ji, the Nagoya campus of Chukyo University, and the Yagoto branch of AEON Mall.

References

  1. ^ 八事 [Yagoto] (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
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