Platform is a railway station in the city of

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, operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Mikawa-Ichinomiya Station is served by the Iida Line, and is located 12.0 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station building is unattended. The station building is designed to resemble a shrine or temple building, as the station is the closest railway station to the '' ichinomiya'' of former Mikawa Province, the

Toga Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of former Mikawa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually from May 3 to May 5. Located on the borderland of Aichi with Shizuo ...

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Mikawa-Ichinomiya Station was established on July 22, 1897 as on the now-defunct . The station was renamed to its present name on January 1, 1916. On August 1, 1943, the Toyokawa Railway was nationalized along with some other local lines to form the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Iida Line. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued in 1971. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the

(JR Tōkai). A new station building was completed in December 1990.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 745 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Ichinomiya Seibu Elementary School

References

External links

{{Iida Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture Iida Line Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Toyokawa, Aichi