is a joint-use
railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
and subway station located in
Nakamura-ku,
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
,
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. It is located 3.1 rail kilometres from the
terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
*Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...
of the Kansai Line at
Nagoya Station
is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in ...
and is 0.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Hiagashiyama Line at
Takabata Station
is a subway station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya.
Lines
Takabata Station is a terminus of the Higashiyama Line subway, and is n ...
.
Lines
*
**
Kansai Main Line
The is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both comp ...
*
** (Station number: H02)
Layout
JR Hatta Station has a one
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
and one
island platform
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 three tracks. The Nagoya Municipal Subway portion of the station has a single underground island platform.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
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History
Hatta Station was established as Hatta Signal Stop on the
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...
(JGR) on July 15, 1918. It was elevated in status to a full station on February 1, 1928. The JGR became the JNR (
Japan National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
) after World War II. The Nagoya Municipal Subway began operations on September 21, 1982. With the
privatization
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. The station was completely rebuilt on April 7, 2002 and was relocated at that time approximately 500 meters closer to Nagoya.
External links
JR Hatta Station home page
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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1928
Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture