is an underground

metro station A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase Train ticket, tickets, board trains, and Emergency eva ...

located in Tempaku-ku,

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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 ...

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. It provides access to the Tempaku campus, the main campus, of

Meijo University is a private university in Japan. Its main campus is in Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and it has two other campuses in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It had two faculty members who were Nobel laureates as of 2021. History The name Meijō ...

History

Shiogama-guchi Station was opened on 1 October 1978.

Lines

The station is served by the

, is numbered T16, and is located 16.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Kami-Otai Station is a railway station in Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is built over Route 302 and under the Higashi-Meihan Expressway, and it is a ten-minute walk from Otai Station on the Jōhoku Line. This station was opened on ...

Layout

Shiogama-guchi Station has one underground

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 ...

. File:Nagoya-subway-T16-Shiogamaguchi-station-platform-20100316.jpg, Platform 1 and 2 in 2010

Platforms

Surroundings

Tempaku CampusTempaku Campus / Meijo University
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References

External links

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1978 Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture {{Aichi-railstation-stub