Meiden Akasaka Station
{{Single source|date=January 2025}}{{short description|Railway station in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox station
| name = 50px
Meiden Akasaka Station
| native_name = 名電赤坂駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type =
| image = Meiden Akasaka Station 2.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Meiden Akasaka Station, February 2006
| other_name =
| address = Matsumoto Akasakacho, Toyokawashi, Aichi-ken 441-0202
| country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|34.8595|N|137.3111|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}
| line = {{Colorbull|crimson}} Meitetsu Nagoya Line
| distance = 12.5 kilometers from {{STN|Toyohashi|x}}
| platforms = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| connections =
| structure = At-grade
| code = NH06
| bicycle = Yes
| accessible = No
| status = Unstaffed
| website = {{Official|1=https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/train/station_info/line01/station/1116.html}}
| opened = {{start date and age|1926|04|01|df=y}}
| closed =
| former =
| passengers = 517 daily
| pass_year = FY2017
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| map_type = Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan
| map_dot_label = Meiden Akasaka Station
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file:Meiden Akasaka Station 4.jpg
{{nihongo|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.
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.{{cn|date=October 2023}}
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=
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{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx=Nagoya Main Line|linecol=crimson|dir=For {{STN|Toyohashi|x}} and {{STN|Toyokawa-inari|x}}}}
Station history
Meiden Akasaka Station was opened on 1 April 1926 as {{nihongo|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.{{cite web |url= https://www.city.toyokawa.lg.jp/shisei/tokei/toyokawashitoke/toyokawasinotokei.files/09unyu.pdf|title=平成30年版豊川市の統計）2.駅別旅客輸送状況(JR)|year= 2019|publisher= Toyokawa City|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 5 December 2019}}
Surrounding area
- former Otowa Town Hall
- Akasaka-juku (Tōkaidō)
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- [https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/train/station_info/line01/station/1116.html Official web page] {{in lang|ja}}
{{Meitetsu Nagoya Line}}
Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926