History
Kōda Station traces its history to Ashiya Signal Stop, opened by the Japanese Government Railway in April 1906 on the Tōkaidō Line between Gamagōri and Okazaki. After a local fundraising and petition campaign by Aimi Village officials, the surrounding village renamed itself Kōda in July 1908, and the stop was then upgraded to a full station and renamed Kōda on 11 September 1908. Freight operations ceased in October 1971 and parcel service in 1984. JNR privatisation transferred the station to JR Central on 1 April 1987, TOICA IC turnstiles were installed on 25 November 2006, and station number CA50 was assigned in March 2018.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
Although the station is read "Kōda", the surrounding town's name is now read "Kōta" — the kanji are identical, but the readings diverged after the station was named in 1908.