Hirai Junction

Hirai Junction (平井信号場, Hirai shingōjō) was a junction at Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, In 1963, the junction was merged to Kozakai Station. But the function and the name still remain.

Railway track

Lines

Two single tracks exist between this junction and Toyohashi Station. The eastern one (in the diagram above) is the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and the western one is the Iida Line. They are combined and used as a double track.

There are two JR stations (Shimoji Station and Funamachi Station) on this section of Iida line. Meitetsu trains do not stop at these stations.

History
  • 1 April 1926: Higashi-Okazaki - Kozakai open as Toyohashi Line )
  • 1 June 1927: Hirai Junction opened (Ina Junction - Toyohashi open )
  • 1 August 1943: The Toyokawa Railway (豊川鉄道, Toyokawa tetsudō) was nationalized and the junction was renamed Hirai shingōjō.
  • 17 December 1963: Merged with Kozakai Station.


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