Machikata Station

Machikata Station (町方駅, Machikata-eki) is a railway station in the city of Aisai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Machikata Station is served by the Meitetsu Bisai Line, and is located 9.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Yatomi.

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by an underground passage.

Machikata Station was opened on October 1, 1924 as Kanehira Station (兼平駅, Kanehira-eki) on the privately held Bisai Railroad, which was purchased by Meitetsu on August 1, 1925 becoming the Meitetsu Bisai Line.

[1] The platforms were reconstructed in 1974 and rearranged into their present configuration in 2004.

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