Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station

Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station 蒲郡競艇場前駅
File:MT-Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station-Building 2015-2.JPG Station Building
Location	Takenoya-cho, Gamagōri, Aichi （蒲郡市竹谷町） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Gamagōri Line
History
Opened	1936
Previous names	Hiroishi (until 1968)
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	174 daily

Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station (蒲郡競艇場前駅, Gamagōri-kyōteijō-mae-eki) is a train station on the Meitetsu Gamagōri Line located in Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 6.6 kilometers from the termunus of the Gamagōri Line at Kira-Yoshida. While this station is only operated by Meitetsu, it is physically connected to Mikawa-Shiotsu Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line operated by JR Central.

History

Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station was opened on November 10, 1936 as Hiroishi Station (拾石駅, Hiroishi-eki) on the Nagoya Railway (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). The station was renamed to its present name on October 1, 1968. The station provides access to Aichi University of Technology and Gamagōri Kyōtei Course, or Gamagōri Boat Race Course.

Lines

• Nagoya Railroad
  • Meitetsu Gamagōri Line

Layout

Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station has a single side platform for bi-directional traffic.

Platforms

1

■ Meitetsu Gamagōri Line

For Gamagōri For Kira Yoshida

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagoya Railroad
Gamagōri Line
Mikawa Kashima		-	Gamagōri

External links

• (Japanese) Meitetsu Station information