| Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station | |
| Native Name: | 東海学園前駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Symbol Location: | jp |
| Symbol: | jrk |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | 9-chōme-1 Toroku, Higashi-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken, 862-0970 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.8117°N 130.7428°W |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Hōhi Main Line |
| Distance: | 7.8 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side platform |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Status: | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
| Passengers: | 1212 daily |
| Pass Year: | FY2020 |
| Pass Rank: | 121st (among JR Kyushu stations) |
| Map Type: | Japan Kumamoto Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Tōkai-Gakuen-mae Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the Higashi-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 7.8 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. There is no station building only a shelter on the platform. A staffed ticket booth is located on the other side of the track, within the premises of the Tokai University Kumamoto campus. From there, a level crossing is used to access the platform.[2] [3] [4]
Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5] [6]
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1986 as an addition station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, Takio came under the control of JR Kyushu.
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1212 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 121st among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]