Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 69/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 69/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 5:39 / 23:28
Busiest hour (known departures): 6:00–7:00 (4)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).
Adjacent stations
- Meitetsu Hiromi Line: Godo (Gifu) ⇄ Shin-Kani
Location
History
Akechi Station opened on 21 August 1920 as Fushimiguchi Station (伏見口駅) on the original Tōnō Railway in what is now Hiragaito, Kani, Gifu Prefecture. The operator was transferred to Tōmi Railway on 24 September 1926, and Tōmi was merged into Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad) on 1 March 1943. The connecting Yaotsu Line opened on 30 April 1930 and survived until its closure on 1 October 2001. Freight operations ended in fiscal 1961, and at the request of Kani Town the station was renamed Akechi on 1 April 1982. The station became unstaffed on 29 June 2008, and on 18 March 2023 track 3 was abolished, leaving a single line; ramp access replaced the former cross-platform footpath. It is station HM07 on the Meitetsu Hiromi Line.
Notes
Until the 2023 single-tracking, Akechi was the only crossing-loop station on the single-track section of the Meitetsu Hiromi Line; since the change, no train other than the one occupying the station can be on the Mitake side of the line at the same time, because the terminus at Mitake itself is also a single-track station.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Popculture · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-09-02