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Moto Hoshizaki Station (本星崎駅, Moto Hoshizaki-eki) is a railway station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line located in Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is located 56.7 kilometers from the junction of the Nagoya Main Line at Toyohashi.

Moto Hoshizaki Station 本星崎駅
A view of the station
General information
Location	Hoshimiya-cho 301, Minami, Nagoya, Aichi （愛知県名古屋市南区星宮町301） Japan
Operated by	Nagoya Railroad
Line(s)	Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
History
Opened	1917; 105 years ago (1917)
Passengers
2008	1740 daily

History

Moto Hoshizaki Station was opened on May 8, 1917 as a station on the Aichi Electric Railway. On April 1, 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). The station has been unattended since September 2004.

Lines

• Meitetsu
  • Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line

Layout

Moto Hoshizaki Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Meitetsu Nagoya, Meitetsu Gifu, and Inuyama
2	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	For Higashi Okazaki and Toyohashi

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Narumi		Local (普通)		Moto Kasadera

External links

• Media related to Moto Hoshizaki Station at Wikimedia Commons
• (in Japanese) Meitetsu Station information

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