History
Nisshin Station (Meitetsu number TT06) opened on 29 July 1979 on the Meitetsu Toyota Line in Sakae 2-chōme, Nisshin, Aichi; its working name during planning was Orito. A wheelchair-accessible elevator was installed in March 2002, the Tranpass magnetic-card system began on 1 October 2003, the manaca IC card on 11 February 2011, and Tranpass ended on 29 February 2012. The station became a 特殊勤務駅 (limited-staff station) on 1 July 2023; staff are present 07:30–12:00 and 13:00–20:00, whereas the station was previously staffed throughout the day.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Nisshin is the only intermediate station on the Toyota Line with on-site staff; it is also the line's most-used station, with FY2013 traffic of about 10,007 boarding-plus-alighting passengers per day placing it first among the Toyota Line's eight stations.