Ekaku Station

Ekaku Station (永覚駅, Ekaku-eki) is a railway station in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Aichi Loop Railway Company.

Ekaku Station 永覚駅
Ekaku Station, May 2015
General information
Location	Ekaku-cho 5-chome, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken 470-1205 Japan
Coordinates	35.0272°N 137.1389°E / 35.0272; 137.1389
Operated by	Aichi Loop Railway
Line(s)	■ Aichi Loop Line
Distance	12.4 kilometers from Okazaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	08
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 26, 1976
Passengers
FY2017	571 daily
Location Ekaku Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Ekaku Station Ekaku Station (Japan)

Platform in May 2015

Lines

Ekaku Station is served by the Aichi Loop Line, and is located 12.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Okazaki.

Station layout

The station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track. There is no station building, but a roofed enclosure on the platform itself. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Aichi Loop Line
Mikawa-Kamigō		-	Suenohara

Station history

Ekaku Station was opened on April 26, 1976 as a passenger station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Okata Line connecting Okazaki with Shin-Toyota. At the time, the station had a single side platform. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under control of JR Central. The station was transferred to the third sector Aichi Loop Railway Company on January 31, 1988.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 571 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

• Toyota Kamigō factory

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Ekaku Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official home page (in Japanese)