Sannō Station (Aichi) Explained

Sannō Station
Native Name:	山王駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
Country:	Japan
Operator:	Nagoya Railroad
Line:	Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Opened:	1944
Former:	Chūnichi-kyūjō-mae Nagoya-kyūjō-mae
Passengers:	933,423 ^[1]
Pass Year:	2006

is a railway station located in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Lines

• Nagoya Railroad
  • Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

Layout

One island platform serves two tracks.

Platform

History

Sannō Station opened in September 1944. As Chunichi Dragons were based in the adjacent Nagoya Baseball Stadium, the station name was changed to in 1956 and then in 1976. Following the Dragons' move to Nagoya Dome in 1997, the station name was restored in January 2005.^[2]

External links

35.1525°N 136.889°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.pref.aichi.jp/0000022354.html . ja:第10章　運輸・通信 （平成20年度刊愛知県統計年鑑）. Statistics of Aichi in Year 20 of the Heisei Era . 2008 . Japanese . 30 November 2010 . Aichi Prefecture.
2. ja:今月のよりみち 山王駅 . This month's stopover: Sannō Station . http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/wind/books/2013/11/#8 . Nagoya Railroad . Wind . 9 . November 2013 . January 31, 2016 . Japanese.