Sakuramachi-mae Station

Sakuramachi-mae Station 桜町前駅
Sakuramachi-mae Station
Location	Midori-machi 4-chome, Nishio, Aichi （愛知県西尾市緑町四丁目） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Nishio Line
History
Opened	1928
Previous names	Chugaku-mae (until 1949)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	1,191 daily

Sakuramachi-mae Station (桜町前駅 Sakuramachi-mae-eki) is a train station on the Meitetsu Nishio Line located in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 13.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Nishio Line at Shin Anjō.

History

Sakuramachi-mae Station was opened on October 5, 1928 as Chūgaku-mae Station (中学前駅 Chūgaku-mae-eki) on the privately held Hekikai Electric Railway. Hekikai Electric Railway merged with the Meitetsu Group on May 1, 1944. It was renamed to its present name on December 1, 1949. The station has been unattended since February 1967.

Line

• Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) Nishio Line

Layout

Sakuramachi-mae Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic.

Platform

■ Nishio Line

For Nishio and Kira Yoshida For Shin Anjō

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagoya Railroad Nishio Line
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Yonezu		Express		Nishio
Yonezu		Semi Express		Nishio
Yonezu		Local		Nishioguchi

External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu Station information

Coordinates: 34°52′49″N 137°03′45″E / 34.8802°N 137.0624°E