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{{short description|Railway junction in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Unreferenced|date=October 2011}}
[[File:Hirai Junction Railway track.svg|400px|thumb|Railway track]]
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{{Nihongo|'''Hirai Junction'''|平井信号場|Hirai shingōjō}} was a junction at [[Toyokawa, Aichi|Toyokawa]], [[Aichi]], Japan,
In 1963, the junction was merged to [[Kozakai Station]]. But the function and the name still remain.

==Lines==
* '''[[Central Japan Railway Company]]''' (JR Central)
** [[Iida Line]]
* '''[[Nagoya Railroad]]'''
** [[Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line|Nagoya Main Line]]

Two single tracks exist between this junction and [[Toyohashi Station]]. The eastern one (in the diagram above) is the [[Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line]] and the western one is the [[Iida Line]]. They are combined and used as a double track.

There are two [[Central Japan Railway Company|JR]] stations ([[Shimoji Station]] and [[Funamachi Station]]) on this section of Iida line. Meitetsu trains do not stop at these stations.

==History==
* 1 April 1926: Higashi-Okazaki - Kozakai open as Toyohashi Line
* 1 June 1927: Hirai Junction opened (Ina Junction - Toyohashi open )
* 1 August 1943: The {{Nihongo|Toyokawa Railway|豊川鉄道|Toyokawa tetsudō}} was nationalized and the junction was renamed ''Hirai shingōjō''.
* 17 December 1963: Merged with Kozakai Station.

{{Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line}}
{{Iida Line}}

[[Category:Iida Line]]


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