History
Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae Station opened in 1968 on the Meitetsu Gamagōri Line as a consolidation of the earlier Hiroishi and Shiotsu stations, which themselves had absorbed the closed Takenoya and Ehata halts. The station was built to handle large passenger flows to the adjacent Gamagōri Kyōteijō boat-racing stadium and at one point held the record for the longest station name in Japan at 15 characters. After JR Central opened Mikawa-Shiotsu Station on the parallel Tōkaidō Main Line in November 1988, ridership through Kyōteijō-Mae declined as race-day passengers switched to the JR route. It is staffed and serves Takenoya in Gamagōri, Aichi.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.