Hirai Junction
Hirai Junction was a junction at Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan,
In 1963, the junction was merged to Kozakai Station. But the function and the name still remain.Lines
Two single tracks exist between this junction and Toyohashi Station. The eastern one 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 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
- 1 August 1943: The Toyokawa Railway was nationalized and the junction was renamed Hirai shingōjō.
- 17 December 1963: Merged with Kozakai Station.
