Chita-Handa

Weekday departures: 88/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 78/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:29 / 22:49

Busiest hour in the available data: 8:00–9:00 (11)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Meitetsu Kowa Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• Meitetsu Kowa Line: Sumiyoshicho ⇄ Narawa

Chita-Handa Station opened on 1 April 1931 on the privately built Chita Railway; the "Chita" prefix was attached from day one to distinguish it from Handa Station on the government-run Taketoyo Line. The Chita Railway was absorbed by Meitetsu on 1 February 1943 and freight service was discontinued in December 1960. A bridge-style station building replaced the original on 28 December 1988, and a passing track built from the salvaged siding let the platforms handle eight-car trains from 1989. Tranpass arrived on 14 July 2006, barrier-free upgrades — including platform raising and lifts — were completed in April 2008, and Manaca smart-card gates were activated on 11 February 2011.

Chita-Handa was long the bus hub of the Chita peninsula, with services fanning out from the station forecourt to Asakura, Kōwa and Utsumi stations, Minami-Chita Beachland and Morozaki Port, and across to Chiryū, Kariya and Mikawa-Takahama in Mikawa. The opening of the Chita New Line, motorisation and the improving convenience of the JR Taketoyo Line cut bus patronage, and most of those routes were later withdrawn or shortened.