Mikawa-miya Station is a ground-level station in Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture. Central Japan Railway Company runs it. It opened on 3 July 1929.
History
The town of Mitani (三谷町) asked the railway for a station. Its mayor sent a first written request to the Railway Agency president on 25 May 1908. A second request followed in March 1909. A third request was sent to the Minister of Railways on 4 August 1923.
In July 1926 railway officials from the Nagoya Railway Bureau came to the town and surveyed the site. On 15 October 1926 a national newspaper reported that the town had been approved as a candidate for an intermediate station. On 20 October 1926 a league to promote the station was formed. On 24 October 1926 an emergency town meeting approved an extra donation toward the construction cost. On 28 October 1926 the mayor sent a petition to the Minister of Railways. On 8 December 1926 the Minister approved the station.
A first survey was made in February 1927, and a second in July 1927. Construction began on 11 February 1928. The station opened on 3 July 1929, between Oyu (now Aichi-Mitsu) and Gamagōri, as an ordinary station.
On 1 October 1974 freight handling ended. On 1 November 1986 luggage handling ended. On 1 April 1987 the station passed to Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station building was rebuilt in 1990. On 25 November 2006 TOICA could be used. On 17 December 2009 touch-panel ticket machines that accept TOICA began operating.
On 30 September 2017 all JR ticket counters closed. From 1 October 2017 the station was unstaffed all day. Staff from Tokai Transportation Service, who visit nearby stations, are based in an office at the station. On 19 March 2019 an elevator and a multi-function toilet came into use.
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