History
Marubuchi Station opened on 18 February 1912 as a station on the privately held Bisai Railroad, in what is now Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture. The Bisai Railroad was acquired by Meitetsu on 1 August 1925 and the route became the Meitetsu Bisai Line. The station was a limited-express stop in 1968 but was progressively downgraded through the 1960s and 1970s, eventually becoming a local-only stop. Staffed operations ended in March 1971. The passing loop was abolished on 18 February 1971 and the line was double-tracked through Marubuchi on 17 March 1974. Tranpass card service began on 14 March 2008 and Manaca on 11 February 2011.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Marubuchi was promoted to express status three times and demoted three times within a span of ten years between 1968 and 1977, reflecting a Bisai-Line stopping pattern that kept shifting as parallel Tokaido Main Line services siphoned away regional passengers.