Kintetsu Yatomi Station

Kintetsu Yatomi Station 近鉄弥富駅
File:Kintetsu-Yatomi stn.jpg Kintetsu Yatomi Station
Location	Uguiura-cho Nishimae Shinden 51, Yatomi, Aichi （愛知県弥富市鯏浦町西前新田51） Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu
Line(s)	Nagoya Line
History
Opened	1938
Previous names	Kankyu Yatomi; Sankyu Yatomi Station Kankyu Yatomi Station Kinki-Nippon Yatomi (until 1970)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	12,124 daily

Kintetsu Yatomi Station (近鉄弥富駅, Kintetsu-Yatomi-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line located in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 16.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Nagoya Line at Kintetsu Nagoya.

History

Kintetsu-Yatomi Station was opened on June 26, 1938 as Kankyu Yatomi Station (関急弥富駅, Kankyu-Yatomi-eki) a station on the Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway, which was acquired by the Sangū Express Electric Railway on January 1, 1940. The station was renamed Sangu-Yatomi Station (参急弥富駅A, Sangu-Yatomi-eki) at that time, but reverted to its original name on March 13, 1941. With the merger of Kansai-area railways into the Kintetsu group in 1944, the station was again renamed on June 1, 1944 to Kinki-Nippon Yatomi Station (近畿日本弥富駅, Kinki-Nippon Yatomi-eki). The name was shortened to the present name on March 1, 1970. With the new station building was completed in September 1994.

Line

• Kintetsu Nagoya Line

Layout

Kintetsu Yatomi Station has two island platforms connected by an overpass. Entrances are located on the south and the north, on the Kuwana side.

Platforms

1, 2	■ Nagoya Line	for Yokkaichi, Osaka, Kobe and Kashikojima
3, 4	■ Nagoya Line	for Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Sakogi		Local		Kintetsu Nagashima
Sakogi		Semi-Express		Kintetsu Nagashima
Kintetsu Kanie		Express		Kuwana

External links

• Kintetsu: Kintetsu Yatomi Station Official web page (Japanese)