Age Station

Age Station 上ゲ駅
Age Station
Location	Shitamon 23-5, Taketoyo, Chita, Aichi （愛知県知多郡武豊町字下門２３番地５ [1]） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Kōwa Line
History
Opened	1932
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	53,857 [2]

Age Station (上ゲ駅 Age-eki) is a railway station in the town of Taketoyo, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Operated by the Nagoya Railroad Company Ltd (Meitetsu), the station is situated 19.0 rail kilometers south of the northern, Ōtagawa terminus of that company's Kōwa Line.

History

Age 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

Age Station has two opposed side platforms. The station is unstaffed.

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Kōwa, and Utsumi
2	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Chita Handa, Ōtagawa and Kanayama

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Semi Express: Does not stop at this station
Aoyama		Local		Chita Taketoyo

External links

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

References

1. 上ゲ [Age] (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°51′30″N 136°54′58″E / 34.8583°N 136.9161°E