Kōwa Station

Kōwa Station 河和駅
Station building
Location	Kōwa, Mihama, Chita, Aichi （愛知県知多郡美浜町大字河和字北田面５番地１ [1]） Japan
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	Meitetsu Kōwa Line
History
Opened	1935
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	882,466 [2]

Kōwa Station (河和駅 Kōwa-eki) is a railway station operated by Meitetsu's Kōwa Line located in Mihama, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is a terminus of the line, and is located 28.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus at Ōtagawa Station.

History

Kōwa Station was opened on August 1, 1935 as a station on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu system on February 1, 1943. A new station building was completed in March 1979. In 2006, the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards with automatic turnstiles was implemented.

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Kōwa Line

Layout

Kōwa Station has a bay platform with two platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Fuki, Ōtagawa, and Meitetsu Nagoya
2	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Fuki, Ōtagawa, and Meitetsu Nagoya
3	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Fuki, Ōtagawa, and Meitetsu Nagoya
4	■ Meitetsu Kōwa Line	For Fuki, Ōtagawa, and Meitetsu Nagoya

Track diagram of Kōwaguchi and Kōwa Station

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Kōwa Line
Kōwaguchi		Limited Express		Terminus
Kōwaguchi		Rapid Express		Terminus
Kōwaguchi		Express		Terminus
Kōwaguchi		Semi Express		Terminus
Kōwaguchi		Local		Terminus

External links

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

References

1. 河和駅 [Kōwa] (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°46′40″N 136°54′45″E / 34.7779°N 136.9124°E