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Toyokawa, Aichi is a city in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 183,930 in 72,949 households, and a population density of 1,141 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Toyokawa, famous for its Toyoka ...
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Meitetsu , 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 ...
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Lines

Meiden Akasaka Station is served by the
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line {{BS-map , title=Nagoya Main Line , title-bg=red , top= *Subway: Nagoya Municipal Subway *Lines are Meitetsu unless otherwise noted , collapse=yes , map= {{BS, STR, , , Tokaido Main Line} {{BS3, , STR, hSTR, , , Tokaido Shinkansen} {{BS5 ...
and is 12.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at
Toyohashi Station 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 Shin ...
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Station layout

The station has two elevated opposed
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s with the station building underneath. The station has automated
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s and is unattended.


Platforms


Adjacent stations


Station history

Meiden Akasaka Station was opened on 1 April 1926 as on the Aichi Electric Railway. On 1 April 1935, the Aichi Electric Railway merged with the Nagoya Railroad (the forerunner of present-day Meitetsu). The station was renamed to its present name on 1 December 1938. The station has been unattended since 1971.


Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 517 passengers daily.


Surrounding area

*former Otowa Town Hall *
Akasaka-juku (Tōkaidō) was the thirty-sixth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in present-day Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was only from Goyu-juku, the preceding post station. History Along with the preceding Yoshida-juku and Go ...


See also

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List of Railway Stations in Japan The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...


References


External links


Official web page
{{Meitetsu Nagoya Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926 Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture Stations of Nagoya Railroad Toyokawa, Aichi