Toyoda Station (豊田駅) is a ground-level station with an elevated concourse in Hino, Tokyo, on the Chūō Line (Rapid), run by East Japan Railway Company. It opened on 22 February 1901 as a Kōbu Railway (甲武鉄道) station.
History
The Kōbu Railway opened the station on 22 February 1901 for passengers and freight. At first it was a small station with only a ticket gate, on what is now the south side. It was nationalized on 1 October 1906. On 12 October 1909 it was assigned to the Chūō East Line, which later became the Chūō Line. The Japanese National Railways took over on 1 June 1949.
Freight handling ended on 10 December 1958. Luggage handling ended on 1 October 1964. The Toyoda Depot opened in the station yard on 10 November 1966. On 29 June 1971 the special train for the Emperor and Empress, who were visiting Tama Zoological Park, arrived and departed from the station.
East Japan Railway Company took over on 1 April 1987. An automatic ticket gate was installed on 21 May 1993. Suica became usable on 18 November 2001. On 25 November 2007 the depot was renamed the Toyoda Rolling Stock Center.
The departure melody was changed to the children's song Takibi on 23 January 2010. The Musashino limited express began stopping here on 15 March 2014. The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed on 28 February 2020. A talking reserved-seat ticket machine was introduced on 1 March 2020.
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