Mikawa-ÅŒtsuka Station

Mikawa-Ōtsuka Station 三河大塚駅
Mikawa-ÅŒtsuka Station
Location	Ōtsuka-chō, Gamagōri, Aichi （愛知県蒲郡市大塚町端成22-1） Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1953
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	1,270 daily

Mikawa-Ōtsuka Station (三河大塚駅 Mikawa-Ōtsuka-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 305.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station history

Mikawa-ÅŒtsuka Station was opened on July 28, 1953 as a station of the JNR (Japan National Railway), however, its station building was not completed until June 24, 1954. The platforms were lengthened, and a new station building was completed on August 6, 1965. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company. A new station building was completed on July 20, 2005. Automated turnstiles using the TOICA IC Card system came into operation from November 25, 2006.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Mikawa-ÅŒtsuka Station has two opposed single side platforms connected to the station building by an underpass.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station
New Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sectional Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Aichi-Mito		Local		Mikawa-Miya

References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°48′56.11″N 137°16′57.65″E / 34.8155861°N 137.2826806°E