Hoeicho

Weekday departures: 292/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 284/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 6:11 / 22:05

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (28)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 26 April 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:

• Tosaden Kotsu Gomen Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• Tosaden Kotsu Gomen Line: Saenbacho ⇄ Chiyoricho-itchome

Hōeichō Station opened on 31 October 1908 as Shimoji (下知停留場), the eastern terminus of Tosa Electric Railway's then-new line through Harimaya-bashi from Horizume. A year later, on 30 October 1909, the line was extended east to Kazurashimabashi-nishizume and the stop became intermediate. It was renamed Hōeichō on 1 February 1938, suspended on 16 January 1943, and reopened on 1 July 1952. The stop passed to Tosaden Kōtsū on 1 October 2014 with the operator merger. The two platforms straddle the tracks diagonally — Gomenmachi-bound on the east, Harimaya-bashi-bound on the west.

The name Hōeichō refers to the Hōei levee (宝永堤), built in the wake of the 1707 Hōei earthquake — "hōei" being the Japanese era-name in use that year. A small post office and savings bank cluster around the stop today, but the levee built after the great quake gave the district its name.