Meiden Akasaka Station

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.

Meiden Akasaka Station 名電赤坂駅
Meiden Akasaka Station, February 2006
General information
Location	Matsumoto Akasakacho, Toyokawashi, Aichi-ken 441-0202 Japan
Coordinates	34°51′34″N 137°18′40″E / 34.8595°N 137.3111°E
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line
Distance	12.5 kilometers from Toyohashi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	NH06
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1926; 98 years ago
Passengers
FY2017	517 daily
Location Meiden Akasaka Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Meiden Akasaka Station Meiden Akasaka Station (Japan)

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Meiden Akasaka Station was opened on 1 April 1926 as 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.

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 517 passengers daily.^[1]

• former Otowa Town Hall
• Akasaka-juku (Tōkaidō)

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

  Media related to Meiden Akasaka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official web page (in Japanese)