Okuda Station

Okuda Station 奥田駅
File:Meitetsu Okuda sta 001.jpg Okuda Station
Location	Okuda-cho, Inazawa, Aichi （愛知県稲沢市奥田町字木之内２１９５番地４ ） Japan
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
History
Opened	1928
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	345,803

Okuda Station (奥田駅, Okuda-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line located in Inazawa, Aichi, Japan. It is located 78.8 kilometers from the junction of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi.

History

Okuda Station was opened on February 3, 1928 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway. On April 1, 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railway (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). On September 26, 2002 the station was the site of a fatal accident (the Okuda incident).

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

Layout

Okuda Station has two opposed side platforms. The station building is unattended

Platforms

Westbound	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Meitetsu-Ichinomiya, Kasamatsu, and Meitetsu-Gifu
Eastbound	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Meitetsu-Nagoya, Higashi-Okazaki, and Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Ōsato		Local (普通)		Kōnomiya

External links

• Official web page (Japanese)