History
Owari Seto Station was opened on April 2, 1905, as Seto Station (瀬戸駅, Seto-eki?) on the privately operated Seto Electric Railway. It was renamed to its present name on February 19, 1921. The Seto Electric Railway was absorbed into the Meitetsu group on September 1, 1939. A new station building was completed in April 2001.
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