Okazaki Station (岡崎駅) is in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture. Central Japan Railway Company and Aichi Loop Railway run it. It opened on 1 September 1888 as a stop on the government railway between Hamamatsu and Ōbu.
History
Okazaki Station opened on 1 September 1888 as a stop on the government railway between Hamamatsu and Ōbu. On 1 April 1895 the line was given its name and the station became part of the Tōkaidō Line, later renamed the Tōkaidō Main Line.
On 21 October 1946 Emperor Showa visited Okazaki on his postwar tour. A special train ran from Toyohashi to Okazaki.
On 1 October 1970 the Okata Line opened for freight. Passenger service started on 26 April 1976. Freight handling ended on 10 January 1984, and luggage handling ended on 1 November 1986. On 1 April 1987 the station passed to Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) when the national railway was split up and privatised. On 31 January 1988 the Okata Line was converted to the Aichi Loop Railway.
On 28 October 1990 the station moved into a station building over the tracks, with a free passage, and the platforms were raised. Automatic ticket gates opened on 13 June 1992. On 15 November 2004 the Okazaki to Mena section of the Aichi Loop Railway became a dedicated line. TOICA IC cards became usable on JR Central on 25 November 2006. On 21 December 2015 the Aichi Loop Railway platform at Okazaki was widened. TOICA became usable on the Aichi Loop Railway on 2 March 2019.
On 1 October 2019 a pedestrian deck opened from the east exit to the station square. On 26 July 2024 the commercial facility Ekinishi Komachi (駅西小町) opened on the west side. On 11 June 2026 the complex ASTY Okazaki opened at the east exit.
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