Toyohashi Station

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CA42 CD00 Toyohashi Station 豊橋駅
The east side of the station in October 2018
Location	Nishijuku Hanada-cho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi-ken Japan
Coordinates	34°45′46″N 137°22′54″E / 34.76278°N 137.38167°E / 34.76278; 137.38167Coordinates: 34°45′46″N 137°22′54″E / 34.76278°N 137.38167°E / 34.76278; 137.38167
Operated by	JR Central Meitetsu
Line(s)	Tokaido Shinkansen Tokaido Main Line Iida Line ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Distance	293.6 km from Tokyo
Platforms	2 side + 3 island + 1 bay platform
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1 September 1888
Passengers
FY2017	29,045(JR) 17,479(Meitetsu) daily
Location
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Toyohashi Station (豊橋駅, Toyohashi-eki) is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu).

Lines[]

Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shinkansen, and the conventional Tokaido Main Line operated by JR Central. It is 293.6 kilometers from Tokyo Station. It is also the southern terminus of the Iida Line and is 129.3 kilometers form the northern terminus at Iida Station. The station is also a terminus for the 99.8 kilometer Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line.

Toyohashi Railroad has two small stations close to Toyohashi Station: Shin-Toyohashi Station for the Atsumi Line railway and Ekimae Station for the Azumada Main Line tramway, but these stations are not physically connected to Toyohashi Station.

Layout[]

Toyohashi Station track diagram

Tokaido Main Line platforms

Meitetsu platform with Tokaido Line station sign

Local train services at Toyohashi Station are handled by five platforms serving eight tracks. The Iida Line and Meitetsu lines use three tracks terminating in a bay platform. The Tokaido Main Line uses a side platform and two island platforms. The elevated Shinkansen portion of Toyohashi Station has a side platform and an island platform.

Platforms[]

Adjacent stations[]

History[]

Toyohashi Station opened September 1, 1888.^[1] The privately owned Toyokawa Railway began operations to Toyohashi on July 15, 1897, but renamed its terminus Yoshida Station (吉田駅) in 1899 to differentiate itself from the government railway system. The station building was rebuilt in 1916 and again in 1927. The Aichi Electric Railway's Toyohashi Line began operations to the Yoshida Station side of the facility on June 1, 1927. This line became part of Meitetsu on August 1, 1935, and is now the Nagoya Main Line.^[2] The Toyokawa Railway was nationalized on August 1, 1943, becoming the Iida Line, and the usage of ‘Yoshida Station’ was dropped. The station was destroyed in the Toyohashi Air Raid of June 20, 1945, during World War II.

After the war, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR), and a new station was completed in 1950.^{[citation needed]} The Tokaido Shinkansen opened on October 1, 1964. A new station building was completed in 1970.^{[citation needed]}

With the privatization and dissolution of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. A shopping center and a hotel were added to the station building complex in 1997.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 29,045 passengers daily (arriving passengers only) and the Meitetsu portion by 17,479.^[3]

See also[]

• List of railway stations in Japan

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Toyohashi Station.

• JR Central station information (in Japanese)
• Meitetsu Station information (in Japanese)