Yabachō Station

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Yabachō Station

矢場町駅
Yabacho Station Platform 2017.jpg
Yabachō Station platform in June 2017
LocationSakae 3-31-13, Naka, Nagoya, Aichi
（名古屋市中区栄三丁目31-13）
Japan
Operated byTransportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s)Meijō Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station codeM04
History
Opened1967
Passengers
200925,818 daily
Station concourse with the mechanical water clock on the left side

Yabachō Station (矢場町駅, Yabachō-eki) is an underground metro station located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.[1] It is located 2.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station. This station provides access to several department stores in Sakae such as Parco and Matsuzakaya.

History[]

Yabachō Station was opened on 30 March 1967.[2] It is named after the historic neighbourhood of Yaba-chō.

At the entrance to the turnstiles, a mechanical water clock by the French scientist Bernard Gitton was installed in the 1990s.[3][4]

Lines[]

Layout[]

Yabacho Station has two underground opposed side platforms.

Platforms[]

1 ■ Meijō Line For Kanayama, Aratamabashi, and Nagoyakō (counterclockwise)
2 ■ Meijō Line For Sakae and Ōzone (clockwise)

Adjacent stations[]

« Service »
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Meijō Line
Kamimaezu - Sakae

References[]

  1. ^ 矢場町 [Yabacho] (in Japanese). Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  2. ^ 佐藤, 信之 (19 June 2004), 地下鉄の歴史首都圏・中部・近畿圏 (in Japanese), グランプリ出版, ISBN 4-87687-260-0
  3. ^ "Delightful Machines - Bernard Gitton's Liquid Science". marcdatabase.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Matsuzakaya's 松坂屋 Time-Flow water clock by Bernard Gitton, at Yabachou Station, Nagoya City Subway Japan". flickr.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

External links[]

Media related to Yabachō Station at Wikimedia Commons


Coordinates: 35°09′50″N 136°54′33″E / 35.1640°N 136.9092°E / 35.1640; 136.9092


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