History
Kōnomiya Station opened on 15 February 1924 on the Aichi Electric Railway in present-day Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, originally read "Kōfunomiya" before the reading shifted to "Kōnomiya" between 1927 and 1934. Freight handling ended on 15 August 1962, a four-storey reinforced-concrete station building was completed in March 1963, and an underground concourse opened on 22 December 1980. Automated turnstiles were installed in May 1987. A 18 December 2010 bridge-station overhaul brought the platform elevators required by Japan's barrier-free legislation, and ICカードmanaca service began on 11 February 2011. The station is served by every train class of the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and carries number NH47.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Two slim catenary masts dating to the line's Bisai Railway Nakamura-section opening survived on track 4 until 2010, when they were finally swapped out for prestressed-concrete poles.