Tsushima Station

Tsushima Station (津島駅, Tsushima-eki) is a junction railway station in the city of Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Tsushima Station 津島駅
Tsushima Station in 2016
General information
Location	1-1 Nishikimachi, Tsushima-shi, Aichi-ken 496-0802 Japan
Coordinates	35.1774°N 136.7312°E / 35.1774; 136.7312
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Tsushima Line ■ Bisai Line
Distance	11.8 kilometers from Sukaguchi
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	TB07
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 3, 1893
Passengers
FY2015	1608 daily
Location Tsushima Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture Tsushima Station Tsushima Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platform

Track Layout

Lines

Tsushima Station is a terminal station for the Meitetsu Tsushima Line, and is located 11.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Sukaguchi. Its ia also served by the Meitetsu Bisai Line and is 8.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of that line at Yatomi.

Station layout

The station has a single elevated island platform with the station building underneath. Trains of both the Bisai Line and the Tsushima Line use the same platform. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Tsushima Line	for Yatomi
2	■ Tsushima Line	For Sukaguchi, Meitetsu-Nagoya
	■ Bisai Line	For Meitetsu-Ichinomiya

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagoya Railroad
Bisai Line
Hibino		-	Machikata
Meitetsu Tsushima Line
Shobata		Limited Express (特急)		Terminus
Shobata		Express (急行)		Terminus
Shobata		Semi Express (準急)		Terminus
Fujinami		Local (普通)		Terminus

Station history

Tsushima Station was opened on April 3, 1893, as a terminal station of the privately owned Bisai Railroad, on the same day as the opposing terminal, Yatomi Station, and Saya Station. Meitetsu bought the Bisai Railroad on August 1, 1925.^[1] On October 25, 1932, former Shin-Tsushima Station on Meitetsu's Tsushima Line was rebuilt as part of Tsushima Station. The tracks were elevated and station rebuilt in 1968.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1608 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area

• Tsushima City Hospital
• Tsushima Shrine

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), "名古屋鉄道 1", 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 8, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., pp. 20, 21, ISBN 978-4-02-340138-9
2. "津島の統計（平成30年4月1日）11-2 鉄道の利用状況" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Tsushima City. 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

External links

Media related to Tsushima Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official web page (in Japanese)