title: Yagoto Station
text: # Yagoto Station
  
  Yagoto Station (八事駅, Yagoto-eki) is an underground metro station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya. The station is located in part of the district of Yagoto.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Yagoto Station is served by the following Nagoya Municipal Subway lines:
  
  * Tsurumai Line (Station number: T15)
  * Meijō Line (Station number: M20)
  
  It is an interchange station between the Tsurumai Line and the Meijō Line, and is located 15.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Tsurumai Line at Kami-Otai Station, and 17.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Meijō Line at Kanayama Station.
  
  ## Layout
  
  Yagoto Station has one underground island platform for use by the Tsurumai Line and two underground opposed side platforms for use by the Meijō Line.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Tsurumai Line | for Akaike and Toyotashi |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Tsurumai Line | for Fushimi, Kami-Otai, and Inuyama |
  | 3 | ■ Meijō Line | for Motoyama and Ōzone |
  | 4 | ■ Meijō Line | for Aratama-bashi, Kanayama, and Nagoyakō |
  
  * Platform 2 of the Tsurumai Line in 2010
  * Platform 4 of the Meijō Line towards Aratama-bashi and Kanayama in 210
  
  ## History
  
  Yagoto Station was opened on 18 March 1977 as the initial terminal station for the Tsurumai Line. The Tsurumai Line was extended to Akaike Station on 1 October 1978. The Meijō Line connected to this station from 6 October 2004.
  
  ## Notable Locations
  
  Locations nearby include the Shingon Buddhist temple of Kōshō-ji, the Nagoya campus of Chukyo University, and the Yagoto branch of AEON Mall.
  
  