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]
South

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

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

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.

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


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