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Yabachō Station (矢場町駅, Yabachō-eki) is an underground metro station located in Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway.[1] It is located 2.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station. This station provides access to several department stores in Sakae such as Parco and Matsuzakaya.

Yabachō Station 矢場町駅
Yabachō Station platform in June 2017
General information
Location	Sakae 3-31-13, Naka, Nagoya, Aichi （名古屋市中区栄三丁目31-13） Japan
Operated by	Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Line(s)	Meijō Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	M04
History
Opened	30 March 1967
Passengers
2009	25,818 daily

History

Yabachō Station was opened on 30 March 1967.[2] It is named after the historic neighbourhood of Yaba-chō.

At the entrance to the turnstiles, a mechanical water clock by the French scientist Bernard Gitton was installed in the 1990s.[3][4]

Lines

• Nagoya Municipal Subway
  • Meijō Line (Station number: M04)

Layout

Yabacho Station has two underground opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1	■ Meijō Line	For Kanayama, Aratamabashi, and Nagoyakō (counterclockwise)
2	■ Meijō Line	For Sakae and Ōzone (clockwise)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Meijō Line
Kamimaezu		-	Sakae

References

External links

Media related to Yabachō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official web page (in Japanese)

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