Toyohashi_Station Knowpia

CA42 CD00
Toyohashi Station

豊橋駅
CA42 CD00 ; Toyohashi Station; 豊橋駅
	The east side of the station in October 2018
General information
Location	Nishijuku Hanada-cho, Toyohashi City; Aichi Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	34°45′46″N 137°22′54″E / 34.76278°N 137.38167°E
Operated by	JR Central; Meitetsu;
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Shinkansen; Tōkaidō Main Line; Iida Line; ■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line;
Distance	293.6 km (182.4 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms	2 side + 3 island + 1 bay platform
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1 September 1888; 135 years ago
Passengers
FY2017	29,045 (JR Central) ; 17,479 (Meitetsu) daily
Services
Location
	Toyohashi Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Toyohashi Station Toyohashi Station (Central Japan) Toyohashi Station Toyohashi Station (Japan)

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 edit

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 (182.4 mi) from Tokyo Station. It is also the southern terminus of the Iida Line and is 129.3 kilometers (80.3 mi) form the northern terminus at Iida Station. The station is also a terminus for the 99.8-kilometer (62.0 mi) 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 edit

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 edit

1-2	■ Iida Line	for Toyokawa, Iida, and Tatsuno
3	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line	for Jingū-mae, Meitetsu-Nagoya , Meitetsu Gifu, and Shin Unuma
4	■ Tokaido Main Line	for Nagoya, Gifu, Ōgaki, and Maibara
4	■ Iida Line	for Toyokawa, Iida, and Tatsuno
5-8	■ Tokaido Main Line	for Nagoya, Gifu, Ōgaki, Maibara, Hamamatsu and Shizuoka
11-12	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Shizuoka and Tokyo
13	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Nagoya, Shin-Osaka and Hakata

Adjacent stations edit

←	Service	→
Tokaido Main Line
Terminus	Home Liner	Gamagōri
Futagawa	Special Rapid	Gamagōri
Futagawa	New Rapid	Gamagōri
Terminus	Rapid	Gamagōri
Futagawa	Semi Rapid	Nishi-Kozakai
Futagawa	Local	Nishi-Kozakai
Iida Line
Terminus	Limited Express Inaji	Toyokawa
Terminus	Rapid	Kozakai
Terminus	Local	Funamachi
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Terminus	Rapid Limited Express	Higashi-Okazaki
Terminus	Limited Express	Kō
Terminus	Express	Ina

History edit

Toyohashi Station opened 1 September 1888.^[1] The privately owned Toyokawa Railway began operations to Toyohashi on 15 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 1 June 1927. This line became part of Meitetsu on 1 August 1935, and is now the Nagoya Main Line.^[2] 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 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 1 October 1964. A new station building was completed in 1970.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central as well as the Iida Line in March 2018; Toyohashi Station was assigned station number CA42 for the Tōkaidō Line and CD00 for the Iida Line.^[3]^[4]

Passenger statistics edit

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.^[5]

References edit

Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)

^ 中西, 隆紀 (2010). 日本の鉄道創世記～幕末明治の鉄道発達史～ [The history of Japanese railways] (in Japanese). Kawade Shobō Shinsha. p. 135. ISBN 978-4-309-22527-2.
^ 鷲田, 鉄也 (September 2010), "名古屋鉄道 1", 週刊朝日百科, 週刊歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 (in Japanese), no. 8, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications, Inc., pp. 20, 21, 22, ISBN 978-4-02-340138-9
^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ "ja:豊橋市統計書１０－２東海旅客鉄道の乗客" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Toyohashi City. 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.