Toyohashi Station
railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi prefecture, Japan
Toyohashi Station (Japanese: 豊橋駅, Hepburn: Toyohashi-eki) is an interchange, union railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). The station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shinkansen and the conventional Tōkaidō Main Line, while being the terminus of the Iida Line and the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line. The station is assigned the station number CA42 and CD00 by JR Central, and NH01 by Meitetsu. The station was opened on 1 September 1888 as a part of the Tōkaidō Main Line.
The station as a whole is serviced by trains from 5:37 a.m. to 11:44 p.m. (JST) Almost all services stop at this station, with an exception of Nozomi shinkansen services and some Hikari shinkansen services. Japan Freight Railway Company operates Toyohashi ORS, an Off-Rail station that handles freights by trucks rather than freight trains nearby the station.
While not physically connected, Toyohashi station is located next to the Shin-Toyohashi train station and Ekimae tram station, both of which are owned by the Toyohashi Railroad. A subsidiary of Toyohashi Railroad operates a bus terminal on the east side of the station, with a bus stop on the west side.
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The phrase “railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi prefecture, Japan” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q771465. Authority coordinates are 34.763, 137.382. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1888.
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This entry incorporates text from “Toyohashi Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.