Kō Station (Aichi)

Kō Station (国府駅, Kō-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Kō Station 国府駅
East Exit of Kō Station
General information
Location	Hazenji-35 Kubochō, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi-ken 442-0856 Japan
Coordinates	34.8375872°N 137.328136°E / 34.8375872; 137.328136
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line ■ Meitetsu Toyokawa Line
Distance	9.6 kilometers from Toyohashi
Platforms	3 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	NH04
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1926; 98 years ago (1926-04-01)
Passengers
FY2017	5113 daily
Location Kō Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture Kō Station Kō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Track layout

Lines

Kō Station is a station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line and is 9.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Toyohashi. It is also a terminal station for the Meitetsu Toyokawa Line and is 7.2 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Toyokawa-inari.

Station layout

The station has three island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Higashi Okazaki, Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Shin Unuma
2	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Higashi Okazaki, Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Shin Unuma
3	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Ina and Toyohashi
4	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Ina and Toyohashi
	■ Meitetsu Toyokawa Line	For Toyokawa-inari
5	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Higashi Okazaki, Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Shin Unuma
	■ Meitetsu Toyokawa Line	For Toyokawa-inari
6	■ Meitetsu Toyokawa Line	For Toyokawa-inari

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Rapid Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Toyohashi		Limited Express		Higashi Okazaki
Ina		Express		Motojuku
Ina		Semi Express		Motojuku
Odabuchi		Local		Goyu
Toyokawa Line
Yawata		Rapid Limited Express		Motojuku (Main Line)
Yawata		Limited Express		Motojuku (Main Line)
Yawata		Express		Motojuku (Main Line)
Yawata		Semi Express		Motojuku (Main Line)
Yawata		Local		Goyu (Main Line)

Station history

Kō Station was opened on 1 April 1926 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway's Toyohashi Line connecting Toyohashi with Kozakai in the former municipality of Kō [ja]. On 1 April 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). A spur line to Toyokawa was opened on 18 February 1945. In December 1987, the station platforms were extended to be able to accommodate trains of six-carriages in length. The station building was rebuilt in 2008-2009.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 5113 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area

• ruins of Mikawa Kokubun-ji
• Kō Elementary School
• Kō Junior High School

Gallery

• 
  East side
• 
  Platform
• 
  Concourse and Wicket
• 
  Passageway between east and west side

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. "平成30年版豊川市の統計）2.駅別旅客輸送状況(JR)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Toyokawa City. 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

External links

Media related to Kō Station (Aichi) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official web page (in Japanese)