Moto Hoshizaki Station
 Moto Hoshizaki Station 本星崎駅 | |||||||||||
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 A view of the station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Hoshimiya-cho 301, Minami, Nagoya, Aichi （愛知県名古屋市南区星宮町301） Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Nagoya Railroad | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1917 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2008 | 1740 daily | ||||||||||
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Moto Hoshizaki Station (本星崎駅, Moto Hoshizaki-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line located in Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is located 56.7 kilometers from the junction of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi.
History
Moto Hoshizaki Station was opened on 8 May 1917, as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway. On 1 April 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). The station has been unattended since September 2004.
The stations serves the Hoshizaki (星崎) district, a former town. The line dissects the grounds of the former Hoshizaki Castle.
Lines
Layout
Moto Hoshizaki Station has two opposed side platforms.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | For Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Inuyama |
| 2 | ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line | For Higashi Okazaki and Toyohashi |
External links
Media related to Moto Hoshizaki Station at Wikimedia Commons- (in Japanese) Meitetsu Station information