East exit is a

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in the town of

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Chita District is a district located in southwestern Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Chita Peninsula. As of October 1, 2019, the district had an estimated population of 160,542 with a density of 968 persons per km2. Its total area was 165.84 km2. Municipal ...

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, operated by

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Lines

Chita Taketoyo Station is served by the

Meitetsu Kōwa Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Tōkai, Aichi, Tōkai with Mihama, Aichi, Mihama within Aichi Prefecture. It is owned and operated by Meitetsu. History Before Meitetsu ownership In the Taisho era, the only railway line connecting east ...

, and is located 19.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has two opposed

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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

Chita Taketoyo Station was opened on July 1, 1932, as a station on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on February 2, 1943. In 2007, the

Tranpass was the name of a magnetic fare card that was able to be used with many trains and buses running in Nagoya and its suburbs, especially trains and buses operated by the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau and Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad). The Nagoya C ...

system of magnetic fare cards with automatic

s was implemented.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3181 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Taketoyo Town Hall

References

External links

Official web page
{{Meitetsu Kōwa Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1932 Stations of Nagoya Railroad Taketoyo