is an underground
metro station
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located in
Naka-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
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operated by the
Nagoya Municipal Subway
The is a rapid transit system serving Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. It consists of six lines that cover of route and serve 87 stations. Approximately 90% of the subway's total track length is underground.
The subway system ...
.
The station is an
interchange station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system that allows passengers to change from one route to another, often without having to leave a station or pay an additional ...
between 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 the
Sakura-dōri Line
The is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It runs from Taiko-dori Station in Nakamura Ward to in Midori Ward, all within Nagoya. The Sakura-dōri Line's color on maps is red. In 2004, the city start ...
, and is located 6.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Tsurumai Line at
Kami-Otai Station and 2.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Sakuradōri Line at
Nakamura Kuyakusho Station.
This station provides access to
Aichi Prefectural Library
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, the headquarters of
Chunichi Shimbun, the
Brazil
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ian
consulate
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in Nagoya, and the Nagoya branch offices of various companies.
History
Marunouchi Station was opened on 27 November 1981 as a station on the Tsurumai Line. The Sakura-dōri Line connected to the station on 10 September 1989.
Platform screen doors were installed on the Sakura-dōri Line platform on 5 March 2011.
Lines
*
** (Station number: T06)
** (Station number: S04)
Layout
Marunouchi Station has two underground
island platform
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s. The Sakura-dōri Line platform, at a depth of 24 meters, is the deepest subway platform in Nagoya.
Platforms
On Platform 1, door 1 is closest to the connecting passage to the Sakuradōri Line platform and door 16 is closest to the elevator, and on Platform 2, door 9 is closest to the elevator and door 24 is closest to the connecting passage. On the platforms for the Sakuradōri Line, on Platform 3 for Akaike door 8 is closest to the elevator and the connecting passage is behind the train, beyond door 20, and on Platform 4 for Nagoya, door 17 is closest to the elevator and door 1 is closest to the connecting passage. There are two wickets, the East Wicket for the Sakuradōri Line portion of the station and the North Wicket for the Tsurumai Line portion.
References
External links
Marunouchi Station official web site
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1981
Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture
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