250px, East Exit of Nishiharu Station
is a
railway station in the city of
Kitanagoya,
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 ...
, operated by
Meitetsu.
Lines
Nishiharu Station is served by the
Meitetsu Inuyama Line
The is a 26.8 km Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), which connects Biwajima Junction in Kiyosu, Aichi with Shin-Unuma Station in Kakamigahara, Gifu. Together with the Kakamigahara Li ...
, and is located 5.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
The station has two
island platforms with the elevated station building above and at a right angle to the tracks and platform. The station has automated
ticket machines,
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
turnstiles and is unattended.
Platforms
MT-Nishiharu-station-platform.jpg, Platforms
Adjacent stations
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Station history
Nishiharu Station was opened on August 6, 1912.
The station was reconstructed in March 1993 from dual opposed
side platforms to its current configuration, and a new station building was completed.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 22,288 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
* PareMarche Nishiharu
* ruins of Kunotsubo Castle
See also
*
List of Railway Stations in Japan
References
External links
Official web page
{{Meitetsu Inuyama Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912
Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture
Stations of Nagoya Railroad