Kōwaguchi Station

Kōwaguchi Station 河和口駅
Station building (left)
Location	Futto, Mihama, Chita, Aichi （愛知県知多郡美浜町大字布土字中平井３３番地１ [1]） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Kōwa Line
History
Opened	1932
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	117,217 [2] daily

Kōwaguchi Station (河和口駅 Kōwaguchi-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Kōwa Line located in Mihama, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 25.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōtagawa Station.

History

Kōwaguchi Station was opened on July 1, 1932 as a station on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on February 2, 1943. In 2007, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented.

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Kōwa Line

Layout

Kōwaguchi Station has two opposed side platforms. The platforms are short, and can handle trains of only six carriages or less. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Kōwa
2	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Fuki, Meitetsu Nagoya, Inuyama, and Tsushima

Track diagram of Kōwaguchi and Kōwa Station

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Fuki		Limited Express		Kōwa
Fuki		Rapid Express		Kōwa
Fuki		Express		Kōwa
Fuki		Semi Express		Kōwa
Fuki		Local		Kōwa

External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu Station information
• Media related to Kōwaguchi Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. 河和口 [Kōwaguchi] (in Japanese). Nagoya Railroad. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
2. 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. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

Coordinates: 34°47′51″N 136°55′08″E / 34.7976°N 136.9188°E