Moto Kasadera Station

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Moto Kasadera Station

本笠寺駅
A view of the station
General information
LocationMaehama-dori 7-3, Minami, Nagoya, Aichi
(愛知県名古屋市南区前浜通七丁目3)
Japan
Operated byNagoya Railroad
Line(s)Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
History
Opened19 March 1917; 107 years ago (1917-03-19)
Previous namesKasadera (until 1943)
Passengers
20082142 daily

Moto Kasadera Station (本笠寺駅, Moto Kasadera-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line located in Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is located 58.2 kilometers from the junction of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi.

History

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Moto Kasadera Station was opened on 19 March 1917 as Kasadera Station (笠寺駅, Kasadera-eki) on the Aichi Electric Railway. On 1 April 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). On 1 June 1943, with the opening of Kasadera on the Japanese Government Railways Tōkaidō Main Line, the station name was changed to its present name.

Lines

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Layout

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Moto Kasadera Station has two island platforms.

Platforms

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1  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu and Inuyama
2  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu and Inuyama
3  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Higashi Okazaki and Toyohashi
4  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line For Higashi Okazaki and Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

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Service
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Moto Hoshizaki   Local (普通)   Sakura
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35°05′57″N 136°56′01″E / 35.0993°N 136.9336°E / 35.0993; 136.9336