Operated by Aichi Loop Railway Station code 08 | Line(s) Aichi Loop Line Passengers (2008) 443 daily Opened 1976 | |
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Similar Suenohara Station, Mikawa‑Kamigō Station, Shin‑Uwagoromo Station, Kaizu Station, Aikan‑Umetsubo Station | ||
Ekaku Station (永覚駅, Ekaku-eki) is a railway station on the Aichi Loop Line, located in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture Japan. It is located 12.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Aichi Loop Line at Okazaki Station. It is nearby the Toyota Ekaku Apartments, a housing development for Toyota factory workers.
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History
Ekaku Station was opened on April 26, 1976 as a passenger station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Okata Line connecting Okazaki with Shin-Toyota. At the time, the station had a single side platform. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under control of JR Central. The station was transferred to the third sector Aichi Loop Railway Company on January 31, 1988.
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Ekaku Station has a single side platform for bidirectional traffic; there is no station building, but a roofed enclosure on the platform itself.