History
Sumiyoshichō Station opened on 10 July 1933 as Nōgakkō-mae ("in front of the agricultural school") on the privately built Chita Railway, which became part of the Meitetsu group on 1 February 1943. The stop was renamed Sumiyoshichō on 1 December 1949. The original building was replaced with an elevated structure on 14 June 1982, the eight-car platforms reached their present length at the same time, and a passing siding was added the following year. Automatic ticket gates arrived on 26 June 2006, with Tranpass following the next month and Manaca on 11 February 2011. After 90 years of staffed service the station was made fully unstaffed on 1 July 2023.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Even though it is not an official express stop, a single weekday morning Kōwa-bound express still calls here — the only such timetable concession on the Kōwa Line, kept for high-school commuters.