Sakura Station (Aichi)

Sakura Station 桜駅
File:Meitetsu Sakura Station 02.JPG Entrance
Location	Yobitsugi 4-27-15, Minami, Nagoya, Aichi （愛知県名古屋市南区呼続四丁目27-15） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
History
Opened	1917
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	1449 daily

File:Meitetsu Sakura Station 03.JPG

Ticket gate

Sakura Station (桜駅, Sakura-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line located in Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is located 58.9 kilometers from the junction of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi.

History

Sakura Station was opened on March 19, 1917 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). The station has been unattended since September 15, 2004.

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

Layout

Sakura Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass.

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu and Inuyama
2	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Higashi Okazaki and Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Moto-Kasadera		Local (普通)		Yobitsugi

External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu Station information