Meiden Akasaka Station

Meiden Akasaka Station (名電赤坂駅, Meiden Akasaka-eki) is a railway station in the city of Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Meiden Akasaka Station 名電赤坂駅
Meiden Akasaka Station, February 2006
General information
Location	Matsumoto Akasakacho, Toyokawashi, Aichi-ken 441-0202 Japan
Coordinates	34.8595°N 137.3111°E / 34.8595; 137.3111
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Distance	12.5 kilometers from Toyohashi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	NH06
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1926; 98 years ago (1926-04-01)
Passengers
FY2017	517 daily
Location Meiden Akasaka Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture Meiden Akasaka Station Meiden Akasaka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platforms

Lines

Meiden Akasaka Station is served by the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and is 12.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Toyohashi Station.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

The station has two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building underneath. The station has automated ticket machines, Manaca automated turnstiles and is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Nagoya Main Line	For Higashi Okazaki and Meitetsu Nagoya
2	■ Nagoya Main Line	For Toyohashi and Toyokawa-inari

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Semi Express (準急): Does not stop at this station
Goyu		Local (普通)		Meiden Nagasawa

Station history

Meiden Akasaka Station was opened on 1 April 1926 as Aiden Akasaka Station (名電赤坂駅, Aiden-Akasaka-eki) 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.^[1]

Surrounding area

• former Otowa Town Hall
• Akasaka-juku (Tōkaidō)

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "平成30年版豊川市の統計）2.駅別旅客輸送状況(JR)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Toyokawa City. 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

External links

Media related to Meiden Akasaka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official web page (in Japanese)