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 Chiryū, Aichi,

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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

Ushida Station is served by the

Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line The or Nagoya Line is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi with Meitetsu Gifu Station in Gifu. Since its amalgamation in 1944, this has been the Me ...

and is 40.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Toyohashi Station is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). Lines Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shin ...

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 level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

Station history

Ushida Station was opened on 1 June 1923, as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway. On 1 April 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). A new station building was completed in September 1992. The station has been unattended since 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 4,056 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Chiryū Higashi High School

References

External links

Official web page
{{Meitetsu Nagoya Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923 Stations of Nagoya Railroad Chiryū, Aichi