Hōeichō

Weekday departures: 292/day · Sat & holiday departures: 284/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:11 / 22:05

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (28)

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• Tosaden Kōtsu Gomen Line: Saenbachō ⇄ Chiyorichō-itchōme

Hōeichō Station opened on 31 October 1908 as Shimoji (下知停留場), the eastern terminus of Tosa Electric Railway's then-new line through Harimaya-bashi from Horizume. A year later, on 30 October 1909, the line was extended east to Kazurashimabashi-nishizume and the stop became intermediate. It was renamed Hōeichō on 1 February 1938, suspended on 16 January 1943, and reopened on 1 July 1952. The stop passed to Tosaden Kōtsū on 1 October 2014 with the operator merger. The two platforms straddle the tracks diagonally — Gomenmachi-bound on the east, Harimaya-bashi-bound on the west.

The name Hōeichō refers to the Hōei levee (宝永堤), built in the wake of the 1707 Hōei earthquake — "hōei" being the Japanese era-name in use that year. A small post office and savings bank cluster around the stop today, but the levee built after the great quake gave the district its name.