Tsushima Station

Tsushima Station 津島駅
Tsushima Station
Location	Kinu-cho 1-1, Tsushima, Aichi （愛知県津島市錦町1番地1） Japan
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	Bisai Line Tsushima Line
History
Opened	1898
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	6,460 daily

Tsushima Station (津島駅 Tsushima-eki) is a train station on the Meitetsu Tsushima Line and Bisai Line located in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 11.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Tsushima Line at Sukaguchi and 8.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Bisai Line at Yatomi.

History

Tsushima Station was opened on April 3, 1893, as a terminal station of the privately owned Bisai Railroad, on the same day as the opposing terminal, Yatomi Station, and Saya Station. Meitetsu bought the Bisai Railroad on August 1, 1925.^[1] On October 25, 1932, former Shin-Tsushima Station on Meitetsu's Tsushima Line was rebuilt as part of Tsushima Station. The tracks were elevated and station rebuilt in 1968.

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Bisai Line
  • Tsushima Line

Layout

Tsushima Station has a single elevated island platform. Trains of both the Bisai Line and the Tsushima Line use the same platform.

Platforms

1	■ Bisai Line	For Saya and Yatomi For Morikami and Meitetsu-Ichinomiya
2	■ Tsushima Line	For Sukaguchi, Meitetsu-Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, Nishio, and Ōtagawa
	■ Bisai Line	For Morikami Station and Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagoya Railroad
Bisai Line
Hibino		-	Machikata
Meitetsu Tsushima Line
Shobata		Limited Express (特急)		Terminus
Shobata		Rapid Express (快速急行)		Terminus
Shobata		Rapid Express (急行)		Terminus
Fujinami		Local (普通)		Terminus

References

1. 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc. (8), pp. 20,21, ISBN 978-4-02-340138-9 Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Official web page (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°10′39″N 136°43′52″E / 35.1774°N 136.7312°E