Railway station in Nagoya, Japan
Jingū-mae Station (神宮前駅 , Jingū-mae-eki ) is a railway station in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya , Japan , operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad . It is the nearest station to Atsuta Shrine .
Lines
Jingū-mae Station is served by the following two Meitetsu lines.
Station layout
The ticket barriers
The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, with the two inner tracks used by the Tokoname Line and the two outer ones for the Nagoya Main Line.
1, 2
■ Nagoya Main Line
for Kanayama , Nagoya , and Gifu
■ Inuyama Line■ Hiromi Line
for Kanayama, Nagoya, Inuyama , and Shin Kani
■ Tsushima Line■ Bisai Line
for Kanayama, Nagoya, Tsushima , and Saya
3
■ Meitetsu Tokoname Line■ Airport Line
for Ōtagawa , Tokoname , and Central Japan International Airport
■ Kōwa Line■ Chita New Line
for Ōtagawa, Kōwa , and Utsumi
4
■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line■ Toyokawa Line
for Chiryū , Higashi Okazaki , Toyohashi , and Toyokawa-inari
■ Nishio Line
for Chiryū, Nishio , and Kira Yoshida
Adjacent stations
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Service
→
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Chiryū
Rapid Limited Express
Kanayama
Chiryū
Limited Express
Kanayama
Horita
Express
Kanayama
Horita
Semi Express
Kanayama
Horita
Local
Kanayama
Meitetsu Tokoname Line
Kanayama (Main Line )
μSKY Limited Express (mainly)
Central Japan International Airport
Kanayama (Main Line)
μSKY Limited Express (departing from Central Japan Int'l Airport before 9 a.m.)
Ōtagawa
Kanayama (Main Line)
Limited Express
Ōtagawa
Kanayama (Main Line)
Rapid Express
Ōe Shūrakuen Ōtagawa (mainly)
Kanayama (Main Line)
Express
Ōe
Kanayama (Main Line)
Semi Express
Ōe
Kanayama (Main Line)
Local
Toyodahommachi
History
The station opened on 19 March 1917, as a station of the Aichi Electric Railway.[ 2]
In 1984, a bomb threat was sent to the station, causing it to be closed for two days. Jingū-mae Station lost an estimated $200 USD in revenue.
Surrounding area
See also
References
^ 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 .
^ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), クロリクル常滑線 , 週刊朝日百科 , 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 9, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., p. 9, ISBN 978-4-02-340139-6
External links
Tokoname Line / Airport Line Chikkō Line