Kasugai (Aichi)

History

Kasugai Station opened on 11 February 1931 as a station on the Meigi Railway Jōhoku Line at Tsuchiai, Kasugai-chō, Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture. At the time the city of Kasugai did not yet exist, and the station took its name from the old place-name of the area (Higashi-Kasugai District, Kachigawa-chō, Aza-Kasugai). The station was de-staffed on 1 October 1967. On 1 April 1979 the section between Toyoyama Signal Box and Ajiyoshi was double-tracked and the station was rebuilt with a single island platform serving two tracks. The Manaca IC card came into service on 11 February 2011, and Tranpass operation ended on 29 February 2012. A station improvement project scheduled for completion in fiscal 2027 will convert the layout to opposed side platforms, add a new free passageway with elevators, and develop new forecourts on the east and west sides.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

Despite sharing the city name, this Kasugai is distinct from the JR Chuo Line's Kasugai Station also in Kasugai — the JR station was originally called Toriimatsu Station when it opened in 1927 and was renamed Kasugai only in 1946, after Kasugai had been incorporated as a city, because it was the nearest stop to the new city hall.