History
Tokoname Station opened on 1 April 1913 as the terminus of the Aichi Electric Railway, and the operator merged into the Meitetsu group on 1 August 1935. A second platform was added in December 1982 and the station building was replaced in 1987; from 1996 onward freight yards on the site were progressively cleared. The station was closed from 26 January 2002 to 4 October 2003 for elevation works, reopening as today's elevated four-track station — and after that rebuild the Meitetsu Airport Line opened on 29 January 2005, making Tokoname the junction for trains to Chūbu Centrair. Manaca smart-card gates were activated on 11 February 2011.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When the section heading from Jingū-mae to Tokoname was first plotted, the platforms were laid out next to the ceramics-shipping yards because ware was the heaviest revenue stream — pottery still gives the town its world reputation.