is an interchange railway station in

Toyohashi, Aichi is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-lar ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator

Nagoya Railroad , referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which of ...

(Meitetsu).

Lines

Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed

Tokaido Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 196 ...

, and the conventional Tokaido Main Line operated by JR Central. It is 293.6 kilometers from

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. It is also the southern terminus of the

Iida Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefe ...

and is 129.3 kilometers form the northern terminus at Iida Station. The station is also a terminus for the 99.8 kilometer

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Toyohashi Railroad The is a private railroad company in Japan, and a subsidiary of the Meitetsu Group. The company or its lines are commonly known as . The company operates the Atsumi Line train service on Atsumi Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture and a tram syst ...

has two small stations close to Toyohashi Station:

Shin-Toyohashi Station is a railway station in the city of Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Public–private partnership Toyohashi Railroad. The station is physically adjacent to Toyohashi Station. Lines Shin-Toyohashi Station is a terminal station ...

for the Atsumi Line railway and

Ekimae Station is a tram station located in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan in front of Toyohashi Station, the main train station of the city. Lines *Toyohashi Railroad The is a private railroad company in Japan, and a subsidiary of the Meitetsu Group. ...

for the Azumada Main Line tramway, but these stations are not physically connected to Toyohashi Station.

Layout

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 In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms. Overview Bay and islan ...

. The Tokaido Main Line uses a

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platfo ...

and two

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular o ...

s. The elevated Shinkansen portion of Toyohashi Station has a side platform and an island platform.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Toyohashi Station opened 1 September 1888. The privately owned Toyokawa Railway began operations to Toyohashi on 15 July 15 1897, but renamed its terminus 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 1 June 1927. This line became part of Meitetsu on 1 August 11935, and is now the Nagoya Main Line. The Toyokawa Railway was nationalized on 1 August 1943, becoming the Iida Line, and the usage of ‘Yoshida Station’ was dropped. The station was destroyed in the Toyohashi Air Raid of 20 June 1945, during

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. After the war, the JGR became the

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR), and a new station was completed in 1950. The Tokaido Shinkansen opened on 1 October 1964. A new station building was completed in 1970. With the privatization and dissolution of JNR on 1 April 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.

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.

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

JR Central station information

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