History
Mikawa-Ōtsuka Station opened on 28 July 1953 as a seasonal stop on the JNR Tōkaidō Main Line, serving beachgoers heading for the nearby coast in Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture. The first station building followed in June 1954, and the stop was upgraded to permanent year-round service on 1 March 1960. Lengthened platforms and a new building were completed on 25 November 1965. With the breakup of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under JR Tōkai. The current third-generation building opened on 20 July 2005. TOICA service began on 25 November 2006, and the station was assigned number CA45 when JR Central introduced numbering on the Tōkaidō Main Line in March 2018.
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
Although Mikawa-Ōtsuka was opened in 1953 as a summer-only seasonal station for swimmers, sustained local petitioning successfully upgraded it to permanent year-round operation just under seven years later, on 1 March 1960.