Mikawa Tahara Station

Mikawa-Tahara Station 三河田原駅
Mikawa-Tahara Station
Location
Prefecture	Aichi (See other stations in Aichi)
City	Tahara
Neighborhood etc.	Tahara-cho
Postal Code	441 - 3421
(in Japanese)	愛知県田原市田原町東大浜
History
Year opened	1924
Rail services
Station number(s)	16
Operator(s)	Toyohashi Railroad
Line(s)	Atsumi Line
Statistics	1523 passengers/day 2004

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.

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

• (Japanese) Toyohashi Railroad Station information

Coordinates: 34°40′0.80″N 137°16′9″E / 34.666889°N 137.26917°E / 34.666889; 137.26917