Kintetsu Yatomi Station

Kintetsu Yatomi Station 近鉄弥富駅
Kintetsu Yatomi Station
General information
Location	Nishimae Shinden Uguiuracho, Yatomi-shi, Aichi-ken 498-0026 Japan
Coordinates	35°6′49″N 136°43′39.5″E / 35.11361°N 136.727639°E / 35.11361; 136.727639
Operated by	Kintetsu
Line(s)	■ Kintetsu Nagoya Line
Distance	16.1 kilometers from Kintetsu Nagoya
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	E11
Website	Official website
History
Opened	June 26, 1938
Previous names	Kankyu Yatomi; Sankyu Yatomi Station Kankyu Yatomi Station Kinki-Nippon Yatomi (until 1970)
Passengers
FY2018	11,423 daily
Location Kintetsu-Yatomi Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture Kintetsu-Yatomi Station Kintetsu-Yatomi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kintetsu Yatomi Station (近鉄弥富駅, Kintetsu-Yatomi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu .^[1]

Kintetsu Yatomi Station is served by the Kintetsu Nagoya Line, and is located 16.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya.

The station has two island platforms connected by a footbridge. Entrances are located on the south and the north, on the Kuwana side. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is staffed.

Kintetsu-Yatomi Station was opened on June 26, 1938 as Kankyu Yatomi Station (関急弥富駅, Kankyu-Yatomi-eki) a station on the Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway, which was acquired by the Sangū Express Electric Railway on January 1, 1940. The station was renamed Sangu-Yatomi Station (参急弥富駅A, Sangu-Yatomi-eki) at that time, but reverted to its original name on March 13, 1941. With the merger of Kansai-area railways into the Kintetsu group in 1944,^[2] the station was again renamed on June 1, 1944 to Kinki-Nippon Yatomi Station (近畿日本弥富駅, Kinki-Nippon Yatomi-eki). The name was shortened to the present name on March 1, 1970. With the new station building was completed in September 1994.

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 11,423 passengers daily.^[3]

• Yatomi City Hall

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

Media related to Kintetsu-Yatomi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official web page (in Japanese)