Kira Yoshida Station

Location
	Kira Yoshida Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Kira Yoshida Station Kira Yoshida Station (Japan)

Kira Yoshida Station

吉良吉田駅
; Kira Yoshida Station; 吉良吉田駅
	Kira Yoshida Station in September 2014
General information
Location	Funato-5 Kirachō Yoshida, Nishio-shi, Aichi-ken 444-0516; Japan
Coordinates	34°47′38″N 137°04′16″E / 34.7940°N 137.0712°E
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Meitetsu Nishio Line; ■ Meitetsu Gamagōri Line;
Distance	11.6 kilometers from Shin Anjō
Platforms	4 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	GN13
Website	Official website
History
Opened	August 25, 1928
Previous names	Mikawa Yoshida (until 1960)
Passengers
FY2017	1452 daily
Location
Location
	Kira Yoshida Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Kira Yoshida Station Kira Yoshida Station (Japan)

Kira Yoshida Station (吉良吉田駅, Kira Yoshida-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nishio, Aichi, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Lines

Kira Yoshida Station is a served by the Meitetsu Nishio Line, and is located 24.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin Anjō. It is also a terminus of the Meitetsu Gamagōri Line, and is located 17.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Gamagori.

Station layout

The station has two pairs of opposed side platforms. Each pair is set at an angle to each other, forming a "V" shape. Platform one is not in use. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is attended.

Platforms

2	■ Meitetsu Gamagōri Line	for Gamagōri
3	■ Meitetsu Gamagōri Line	for Nishio, Shin Anjō and Meitetsu Nagoya
4	■ Meitetsu Nishio Line	forFor Nishio, Shin Anjō and Meitetsu Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Gamagōri Line
Terminus	-	Mikawa Toba
Nishio Line
Kami Yokosuka	Express		Terminus
Kami Yokosuka	Local		Terminus

Station history

Kira Yoshida Station was opened on August 25, 1928, as Mikawa Yoshida Station (三河吉田駅, Mikawa Yoshida-eki) on the Mikawa Railway. The station was renamed to its present name on November 1, 1960.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1452 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

former Kira Town Hall
Yoshida Elementary School

References

^ 西尾の統計􏱾􏰗􏰘􏲄􏲅􏰮􏰯􏲆􏲇􏰀􏰁􏰂􏰃 􏱘􏱿􏲀􏰜􏲁 􏱾􏲂􏲃 􏰗􏰘􏲄􏲅􏰮􏰯􏲆􏲇 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nishio City. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

External links

Media related to Kira Yoshida Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official web page (in Japanese)

[Nishio-stats-1] 西尾の統計􏱾􏰗􏰘􏲄􏲅􏰮􏰯􏲆􏲇􏰀􏰁􏰂􏰃 􏱘􏱿􏲀􏰜􏲁 􏱾􏲂􏲃 􏰗􏰘􏲄􏲅􏰮􏰯􏲆􏲇 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nishio City. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[1]