is a junction

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in the city of

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, operated by

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Lines

Kō Station is a station on the

Meitetsu Nagoya Line The or Nagoya Line is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Toyohashi with Meitetsu Gifu Station in Gifu, Gifu, Gifu. Since its amalgamation in ...

and is 9.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also a terminal station for the

Meitetsu Toyokawa Line The is a railway line in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). The line connects Kō Station (Aichi), Kō Station in the western part of Toyokawa with Toyokawa-inari Station in the eastern ...

and is 7.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station has three

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s connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has automated

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Manaca , stylized in lowercase as manaca, is a rechargeable contactless smart card used in Nagoya, Japan and the surrounding area in Aichi Prefecture. It launched on February 11, 2011, replacing the Tranpass magnetic fare card system. Since 2013, it ...

automated

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s and is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Station history

Kō Station was opened on 1 April 1926 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway's Toyohashi Line connecting Toyohashi with in the former municipality of . On 1 April 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). A

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Toyokawa is a Cities of Japan, city in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 183,930 in 72,949 households, and a population density of 1,141 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Toyokawa, famou ...

was opened on 18 February 1945. In December 1987, the station platforms were extended to be able to accommodate trains of six-carriages in length. The station building was rebuilt in 2008-2009.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 5113 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* ruins of Mikawa Kokubun-ji * Kō Elementary School * Kō Junior High School

Gallery

Image:Kou Station (east gate).jpg, East side Image:Kou Station Platform.jpg, Platform Image:Kō Station (ticket gate).jpg, Concourse and Wicket Image:Meitetsu_Ko_station_1088.jpg, Passageway between east and west side

References

External links

Official web page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ko Station (Aichi) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Stations of Nagoya Railroad Railway stations in Toyokawa, Aichi