Tōei Station

Tōei Station

東栄駅
Tōei Station; 東栄駅
	Tōei Station
General information
Location	Miwa 53, Tōei, Kitashitara, Aichi; （愛知県北設楽郡東栄町大字三輪字平栗53）; Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Iida Line
History
Opened	1933
Previous names	Mikawa-Nagaoka; Sanshin-Miwa (until 1956)

Tōei Station (東栄駅, Tōei-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tōei, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 51.2 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.

Station History

Tōei Station was established on December 21, 1933 as Miwamura Station (三輪村駅, Sanshin-Miwa-eki), a passenger station on the now defunct Sanshin Railway. The station name was changed the following year to Sanshin-Miwa Station (三信三輪駅, Miwamura-eki). On August 1, 1943, the Sanshin Railway was nationalized along with several other local lines to form the Iida Line, and the station name was changed again to Mikawa-Nagaoka Station (三河長野駅, Mikawa-Nagaoka-eki). The station assumed its present name on December 20, 1956. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company. The station building was rebuilt in 1992.