History
Toyokawa-inari Station opened on 25 December 1954 as Shin-Toyokawa Station (新豊川駅), the eastern terminus of the Meitetsu Toyokawa Line and adjacent to the JR Iida Line's Toyokawa Station. It was renamed Toyokawa-inari on 1 May 1955. Track 2's platform was extended from five to six cars in 1961, Track 1 was extended from four to six cars on 26 December 1984, automatic ticket gates were installed in May 1987, and the Tranpass magnetic-fare system began on 14 December 2005, which also restored continuous staff coverage. manaca IC service began on 11 February 2011 and Tranpass ended on 29 February 2012. The station moved into a temporary building on 8 February 2020 for reconstruction, with the new station house opening on 8 August 2020. From 13 April 2024 the station became unattended around the clock.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
The platform shelters at Toyokawa-inari (and its neighbour Inariguchi) use rails manufactured by the Carnegie Steel Company in 1897 as structural members. With the 2024 staff withdrawal, Toyokawa-inari left Kō Station as the only staffed station on the entire Meitetsu Toyokawa Line.