History
Kami-Otai Station opened on 27 October 1991, replacing the older Hiratabashi Station on the Meitetsu Inuyama Line, which had operated since 6 August 1912 about 330 metres further north. The new station was built on an elevated structure over Route 302 in preparation for through-running with the Nagoya Municipal Subway. The current ground-level concourse opened in July 1993, and direct Tsurumai Line service began on 12 August 1993; turn-back operations from this station started on 30 March 1994. Inuyama Line express trains began calling at certain hours from 10 May 1999, and all expresses began stopping here on 1 October 2001. The station became a Kaisoku-Kyūkō stop on 29 January 2005, and Manaca IC ticketing started on 11 February 2011.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Although Meitetsu does not run all-night services on New Year's Eve, the Tsurumai Line does, and Kami-Otai is the only Meitetsu-managed station that stays open overnight on that one occasion each year to handle the subway turn-around.