is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

in the city of Handa,

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

Sumiyoshichō 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 14.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has two opposed

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 station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Station history

Sumiyoshichō Station was opened on July 10, 1933, as on the Chita Railway. The Chita Railway became part of the Meitetsu group on February 2, 1943. The station was renamed to its present name on December 1, 1949. A new station building was completed in June 1982. In July 2006, 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

turnstile A turnstile (also called a gateline, baffle gate, automated gate, turn gate in some regions) is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce One-way traffic#One-way traffic of people, one-way ...

s was implemented.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3284 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Handa High School *Handa Agricultural High School *Handa Technical High School

References

External links

Official web page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sumiyoshicho Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1931 Stations of Nagoya Railroad Railway stations in Handa, Aichi