was a junction at Toyokawa

Toyokawa, Aichi

is a medium-sized city of about 180,000 people located in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The city, founded on June 1, 1943, originally comprised the three formerly independent Hoi-gun towns of Toyokawa , Ko , Ushikubo , and the village of Yawata...

, Aichi, Japan,
In 1963, the junction was merged to Kozakai Station

Kozakai Station

is a train station on the Iida Line in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 4.4 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.-Station History:...

. But the function and the name still remain.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  Central Japan Railway Company
  The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...
  
  (JR Central)
  • Iida Line
    Iida Line
    The is a Japanese railway line between Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture and Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company . The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefecture through northwestern Shizuoka Prefecture. It...
    
    
• Nagoya Railroad
  Nagoya Railroad
  , often abbreviated as , is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows...
  
  
  • Nagoya Main Line

Two single tracks exist between this junction and Toyohashi Station

Toyohashi Station

is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Main Line, Iida Line, and is a terminus of the...

. The eastern one (in the diagram above) is the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and the western one is the Iida Line

Iida Line

The is a Japanese railway line between Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture and Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company . The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefecture through northwestern Shizuoka Prefecture. It...

. They are combined and used as a double track.

There are two JR

Central Japan Railway Company

The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...

 stations (Shimoji Station

Shimoji Station

is a train station on the Iida Line in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 2.2 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.-Station History:...

 and Funamachi Station

Funamachi Station

is a train station on the Iida Line in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 1.5 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.-Station History:...

) in this section of Iida line. Meitetsu trains do not stop at these stations.

History

• ( 1 Apr, 1926 Higashi-Okazaki - Kozakai open as Toyohashi Line )
• 1 Jun, 1927 Hirai Junction open (Ina Junction - Toyohashi open )
• 1 Aug, 1943 was Nationalized and change name from Hirai shingōsho to Hirai shingōjō
• 17 Dec, 1963 Merged to Kozakai Station.