Mikawa Tahara Station

Mikawa Tahara Station 三河田原駅
Mikawa Tahara Station
General information
Location	Tahara-cho, Tahara, Aichi （愛知県田原市田原町東大浜） Japan
Operated by	Toyohashi Railroad
Line(s)	Atsumi Line
Other information
Station code	16
History
Opened	1924
Passengers
2004	1523 daily

Mikawa Tahara Station (三河田原駅, Mikawa-Tahara-eki) is a train station on the Toyohashi Railway’s Atsumi Line in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is a terminus for the line, and is located 18.0 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus at Shin-Toyohashi Station.

Station History

Mikawa Tahara Station was established on June 10, 1924 as a Tahara Station (Tahara-eki) on the privately held Atsumi Railroad. The station name was changed to its present name in 1927. On April 10, 1926, the line was extended to Kurokawahara. The Atsumi Railroad was merged into the Nagoya Railroad on September 1, 1940. The section from Mikawa Tahara to Kurokawahara was discontinued on June 5, 1944. The Toyohashi Railroad Company was established on October 1, 1954. In October 1994, a new station building was completed. A modern station building was completed on October 27, 2013.

Lines

• Toyohashi Railroad
  • Atsumi Line

Layout

Mikawa Tahara Station a side platform and an island platform, serving three tracks. However, the island platform is in use only during peak hours, and for most of the day the side platform adjacent to the station building is used for bidirectional traffic.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Toyohashi Railroad
Toyohashi Railroad Atsumi Line
Kambe		-	Terminus

External links

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