Railway station in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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 / 34.8446; 137.0486Coordinates: 34°50′41″N 137°02′55″E / 34.8446°N 137.0486°E / 34.8446; 137.0486
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

Fukuchi Station

Location within Aichi Prefecture

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Fukuchi Station (Japan)

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

## Lines[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1 | ■ Nishio Line | for Nishio, Shin Anjō and Meitetsu Nagoya

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2 | ■ Nishio Line  | for Kira Yoshida

## Adjacent stations[edit]

« | Service  | »

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Nagoya Railroad Nishio Line
Nishio |  | Express  |  | Kami Yokosuka
Nishio  |  | Local  |  | Kami Yokosuka

## Station history[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Surrounding area[edit]

* JA Mikawa Fukuchi branch office

## See also[edit]

* List of Railway Stations in Japan

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

Media related to Fukuchi Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Official web page (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Meitetsu Nishio Line

* Shin Anjō
* Kita Anjō
* Minami Anjō
* Hekikai Furui
* Horiuchikōen
* Sakurai
* Minami Sakurai
* Yonezu
* Sakuramachi-mae
* Nishioguchi
* Nishio
* Fukuchi
* ( ~~Kamaya~~ )
* Kami Yokosuka
* ( ~~Higashi Tomida~~ )
* ( ~~Mikawa Ogihara~~ )
* Kira Yoshida

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