Horita Station (Meitetsu)

Horita Station 堀田駅
East Entrance
Location	Shinkai-cho 28-26, Mizuho, Nagoya, Aichi （愛知県名古屋市瑞穂区新開町２８番２６号） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Connections	Bus stop
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	2,509,939 [1]

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Horita Station (堀田駅 Horita-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line located in Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is located 61.1 kilometers from the junction of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi.

History

Horita Station was opened on April 15, 1928 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway. On April 1, 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). Ticket vending machines were installed at this station on August 16, 1965, the first in Japan. The tracks were elevated from 1967-1968.

Lines

• Nagoya Railroad
  • Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

Layout

Horita Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu and Inuyama
For Passing	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
For Passing	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
4	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Higashi Okazaki Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Narumi		Express (急行)		Jingū-mae
Narumi		Semi Express (準急)		Jingū-mae
Yobitsugi		Local (普通)		Jingū-mae

See also

• Media related to Horita Station (Meitetsu) at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. 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. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

External links

• Official web page (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°07′13″N 136°55′12″E / 35.1203°N 136.92°E