is a railway station in the city of

Nisshin, Aichi is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 91,795 in 37,398 households, and a population density of 2,629 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Nisshin is located on the flatlands of c ...

, Japan, jointly operated by the

Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya is a municipal government agency responsible for public transport in Nagoya, Japan. The organization operates subways and buses. It was founded in 1922, as an operator of Nagoya City Tram bought from Nagoya Electric Railroad, the current Nagoya ...

and private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (

Meitetsu , referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which off ...

Lines

The Meitetsu portion of the station is the termus of the

Meitetsu Toyota Line The is a railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) connecting Umetsubo Station in Toyota with Akaike Station in Nisshin. The line operates a through-service onto the Nagoy ...

, and is located 15.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at . The Municipal Subway portion of the station is served by the

Tsurumai Line The is a subway line which forms part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Kami Otai in Nishi-ku, Nagoya to Akaike in Nisshin. The Tsurumai Line's color on maps is light blue. Its stations carry the letter ''T' ...

and is 20.4 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station has two underground

island platforms An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving a total of three tracks. There are

wheelchair-accessible Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i.e ...

toilets and elevators. The station has automated

ticket machine A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine (TVM), is a vending machine that produces paper or electronic tickets, or recharges a stored-value card or smart card or the user's mobile wallet, typically on a smartphone. For instance, ...

Manaca Manaca, written in lower-case letters, is a rechargeable contactless smart card used in Nagoya, Japan and the surrounding area since February 11, 2011, when it replaced the Tranpass magnetic fare card system. As of March 23, 2013, it became ...

automated

turnstile A turnstile (also called a turnpike, gateline, baffle gate, automated gate, turn gate in some regions) is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce one-way human traffic. In addition, a t ...

s and is staffed. File:Akaike station map Nagoya subway's Tsurumai line 2014.png, The station interior layout File:Rail Tracks map Akaike Station.svg, Akaike Station track diagram

Platforms

On both platforms, door 10 is closest to the elevator.

Adjacent stations

History

The Nagoya Subway station opened on 1 October 1978. The Meitetsu Toyota Line opened on 29 July 1979, from which date through-running between the two lines commenced.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 30,778 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum The is a museum located in the city of Nisshin, Aichi, Japan. It is owned and operated by the Transportation Bureau of the City of Nagoya. The museum houses a collection of Nagoya's old subway trains and trams. The museum visitors can exper ...

*Nisshin Nishi High School *Akaike Elementary School

References

External links

Nagoya Subway station information

{{Meitetsu Toyota Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1978 Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture Stations of Nagoya Railroad Nisshin, Aichi