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Myōkōji Station 妙興寺駅
Elevated station
General information
Location	Kitauramiyaji Yamato-cho Myokoji Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi-ken 491-0922 Japan
Coordinates	35°17′13″N 136°47′53″E / 35.2870°N 136.7980°E / 35.2870; 136.7980
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Distance	84.7 kilometers from Toyohashi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	NH49
Website	Official website
History
Opened	February 3, 1924
Passengers
FY2008	860 daily
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Myōkōji Station (妙興寺駅, Myōkōji-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Lines

Myōkōji Station is served by the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and is 84.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed elevated side platforms with the station building underneath. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles, and is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Station history

Myōkōji Station was opened on February 3, 1924 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway. On April 1, 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railway (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). The tracks were elevated in 1993.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 860 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

• Myōkō-ji
• Ichinomiya Museum

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. ^ 第10章　運輸・通信 （平成20年度刊愛知県統計年鑑） [Statistics of Aichi in Year 20 of the Heisei Era] (in Japanese). Aichi Prefecture. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

External links

Media related to Myōkōji Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official web page (in Japanese)

• Stations of Nagoya Railroad
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1924
• Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture
• Ichinomiya, Aichi