Aichi-Mito

Weekday departures: 85/day · Sat & holiday departures: 85/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:57 / 24:33

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (7)

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• Tōkaidō Main Line: Mikawa-Ōtsuka ⇄ Nishi-Kozakai

Aichi-Mito Station first opened on 1 September 1888 as Goyu Station, when the Japanese Government Railways completed its line connecting Hamamatsu with Ōbu in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture. From 1 April 1895 the section became the Tōkaidō Main Line. The station building was destroyed in the Toyokawa Air Raid of 7 August 1945 and rebuilt in April 1948. On 1 August 1948 it was renamed Aichi-Mito to avoid confusion with Mito Station in Ibaraki Prefecture. Regularly scheduled freight services ended in 1971, and parcel services in 1984. With the dissolution of JNR on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR Central. TOICA service began on 25 November 2006, and station numbering as CA44 followed in March 2018.

The 1948 renaming reportedly considered simply "Mito" or "Mikawa-Mito," but both were rejected — "Mito" alone risked confusion with Mito Station in Ibaraki, while "Mikawa-Mito" was uncomfortably close to Mikawa-Mitani Station (with which it differs by a single character in Japanese).