Fukuchi Station

Location
	Fukuchi Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Fukuchi Station Fukuchi Station (Japan)

Fukuchi Station

福地駅
; Fukuchi Station; 福地駅
	Fukuchi Station in July 1928
General information
Location	Kawaguchi-cho Matsubara 28, Nishio-shi, Aichi-ken 445-0873; Japan
Coordinates	34°50′41″N 137°02′55″E / 34.8446°N 137.0486°E
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Meitetsu Nishio Line
Distance	17.4 kilometers from Shin Anjō
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	GN11
Website	Official website
History
Opened	February 13, 1915
Previous names	Isshikiguchi (until 1949)
Passengers
FY2017	657 daily
Location
Location
	Fukuchi Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Fukuchi Station Fukuchi Station (Japan)

Fukuchi Station (福地駅, Fukuchi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nishio, Aichi, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Lines

Fukuchi Station is served by the Meitetsu Nishio Line, and is located 17.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shin Anjō.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms with Platform 1 on a passing loop, and connected by a level crossing. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Nishio Line	for Nishio, Shin Anjō and Meitetsu Nagoya
2	■ Nishio Line	for Kira Yoshida

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Nagoya Railroad Nishio Line
Nishio	Express	Kami Yokosuka
Nishio	Local	Kami Yokosuka

Station history

Fukuchi Station was opened on February 13, 1915, as Ishikiguchi Station (一色口駅, Ishikiguchi-eki) on the privately held Nishio Railway. On December 21, 1926, the Nishio Railway merged with the Aichi Electric Railway, which was acquired by the Meitetsu Group on August 1, 1935. It was renamed to its present name on March 1, 1949. The station has been unattended since February 1967.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 657 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

JA Mikawa Fukuchi branch office

References

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External links

Media related to Fukuchi 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.

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