is a

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in the city of Ama,

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

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, operated by

Meitetsu , publicly trading as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the '' Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of w ...

Lines

Kida Station is served by the Meitetsu Tsushima Line, and is located 5.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has two opposing

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s connected by a footbridge. The platforms are not even: the platform for trains in the direction of Nagoya is longer, and can accommodate trains of eight carriages in length, whereas the opposing platform is shorter, and can accommodate trains of only up to six carriages. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Kida Station was opened on January 23, 1914. The platforms were lengthened in 1980, and an overpass was constructed in 1981. A new station building was completed in 2018.

Surrounding area

*Miwa High School *Miwa Junior High School *Miwa Elementary School

External links

Official web page
{{Meitetsu Tsushima Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1914 Stations of Nagoya Railroad Ama, Aichi