Station

Kokusai Center (International Center)

国際センター

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Kokusai Center (International Center)
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Location

History

Kokusai Center Station opened on 10 September 1989 at Meieki 4-chōme, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, when the Nagoya Municipal Subway Sakura-dōri Line began service. During planning and construction the station was tentatively called Hijie, after the old place-name still preserved in the names of nearby tram and bus stops. In December 1988, ahead of opening, the station was named after the Nagoya International Center, a nearby public facility, with the abbreviation "Kokusai Center" adopted as the formal name. Platform-edge sliding doors entered service on 12 February 2011.

Notes

Kokusai Center is one stop from Nagoya Station on the Sakura-dōri Line, and the two are also linked directly underground through the Unimall shopping arcade, putting Nagoya Station within walking distance. On the Nagoya Station side the line runs beneath Unimall and an underground car park, and because the station was planned to become an interchange its platforms sit about 20 metres below ground.

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