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Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station

railway station in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ8081631 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station (大森・金城学院前駅, Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae-eki) is a railway station in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Lines

Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station is served by the Meitetsu Seto Line, and is located 10.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Sakaemachi.

Station layout

The station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building underneath. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is unattended..

Platforms

Station history

Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station was opened on April 2, 1905, as Ōmori Station (大森駅, Ōmori-eki) on the privately operated Seto Electric Railway. The Seto Electric Railway was absorbed into the Meitetsu group on September 1, 1939. The station was renamed to its present name on November 14, 1992.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 6495 passengers daily.

Editorial summary

“Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station” enters the record as railway station in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1905, 1939, 1992, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1905-04-02. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae, Station and railway.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae, Station and railway provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8081631. Authority coordinates are 35.207, 136.997. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1905, 1939, 1992 and 2017.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ōmori-Kinjōgakuin-mae Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.