Torii Station (Aichi)

nihongo|Torii Station|鳥居駅|Torii-eki is a railway station on the Iida Line in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

The station opened as a station of Hōraiji Railway, a predecessor operator of the Iida Line, on February 1, 1923. Hōraiji Railway was integrated into the Japanese Government Railways on August 1, 1943. [Teishajo|II|p. 99]

The station was named Torii because it is adjacent to the reported deathplace of Torii Suneemon, a samurai famed for his brave act and death by execution during the siege of Nagashino Castle (Battle of Nagashino) in 1575. [cite book
title = Eki—JR Zensen Zen'eki (Ge)
author = Sutēshon Kurabu (ed.)
publisher = Bungeishunjū
year = 1988
language = Japanese
location = Tokyo
isbn = 4167487020
pages = p. 86] The ruin of Nagashino Castle is adjacent to the neighboring Nagashinojō Station.

The unstaffed station has one side platform that serves trains of both directions.

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