Ekaku Station | |
Native Name: | 永覚駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ekaku-cho 5-chome, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken 470-1205 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Aichi Loop Railway |
Line: | Aichi Loop Line |
Distance: | 12.4 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Code: | 08 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | April 26, 1976 |
Passengers: | 571 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ekaku Station |
is a railway station in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector Aichi Loop Railway Company.
Ekaku Station is served by the Aichi Loop Line, and is located 12.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
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.
Ekaku Station was opened on April 26, 1976 as a passenger station on the Japan National Railways (JNR) Okata Line connecting with . 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.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 571 passengers daily.[1]