Nagoya Station

Nagoya Station
名古屋駅
JR Central Towers, part of the station, directly adjacent the platforms
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Nagoya
Ward Nakamura
History
Year opened 1886
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Central
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Line(s) Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tōkaidō Main Line
Chūō Main Line
Kansai Main Line
Takayama Main Line
Higashiyama Line
Sakuradōri Line

Nagoya Station (名古屋駅 Nagoya-eki?) is a railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m²),[1] and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in the JR Central Towers atop the station, as well as in underground concourses. The current station complex was completed on December 20, 1999. The station and the area around it is officially called Meieki (名駅?) in the Japanese addressing system.

The station is adjacent to Meitetsu Nagoya Station, the terminal of the Nagoya Railroad, and Kintetsu Nagoya Station, the terminal of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line.

The twin-towered station rises over 50 stories.[2] There is the 59-story tall Hotel Tower and the 55-story tall office tower (with a heli-pad on top).

Contents

Lines

JR Central

Aonami Line

Nagoya Subway

Station layout

JR Central

The platforms and the tracks are elevated. Six island platforms for the Tōkaidō Main Line, Chuo Line, and Kansai Line are situated in the eastern part of the station (the side where JR Central Towers are situated) and serve 12 tracks. Two island platforms for the Tokaido Shinkansen are situated in the western part and serve four tracks.

1/2 ■Tōkaidō Main Line for Toyohashi and Taketoyo
3/4 ■Tōkaidō Main Line for Toyohashi and Taketoyo
(through trains to the Taketoyo Line and Home Liner)
for Gifu and Ōgaki(Home Liner)
4 ■Tōkaidō Main Line Shirasagi limited express for Fukui and Kanazawa
5/6 ■Tōkaidō Main Line for Gifu and Ōgaki
7/8 ■Chūō Main Line for Tajimi and Nakatsugawa (local and rapid trains)
10 ■Chūō Main Line for Tajimi and Nakatsugawa (Central Liner, Home Liner)
Shinano limited express for Nagano
11 ■Tōkaidō Main Line Hida limited express for Gero and Takayama
■Chūō Main Line for Tajimi and Nakatsugawa (some trains)
■Kansai Main Line for Yokkaichi and Kameyama (some local trains)
12 ■Kansai Main Line for Yokkaichi, Kameyama
Nanki limited express for Matsusaka, Shingu, and Kii-Katsuura
13 ■Kansai Main Line for Yokkaichi and Kameyama
rapid Mie for Matsusaka and Toba
14/15 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Shizuoka and Tokyo
16/17 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Shin-Osaka and Hakata

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Mikawa-Anjō - Gifu-Hashima
Tōkaidō Main Line
Otobashi Local Biwajima
Kanayama Semi Rapid
Rapid
New Rapid
Special Rapid
Home Liner		 Owari-Ichinomiya
Chūō Main Line
Kanayama All services Terminus
Kansai Main Line
Terminus Local Hatta
Terminus Semi Rapid Kanie
Terminus Rapid
Rapid Mie		 Kuwana

Aonami Line

The station is situated in the west of the JR Central Lines, on the Inazawa Line. The station has an island platform serving two tracks with platform gates.

1/2 ■Aonami Line for Arako and Kinjo-Futo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Aonami Line (AN 01)
Terminus - Sasashima-raibu (AN 02)

Nagoya Subway

An island platform for the Sakura-dori Line serving two tracks is located east to west under the central concourse of JR Nagoya Station. The platform is fenced with platform gates.

An island platform for the Higashiyama Line serving two tracks is located south to north under underground city Meieki Chikagai (Meichika), in the east of JR Nagoya Station. The southern part of the platform is used for the trains for Fujigaoka and the northern one is for the trains for Takahata.

1 ■Higashiyama Line for Sakae, Higashiyama Koen, and Fujigaoka
2 ■Higashiyama Line for Nakamura Koen and Takahata
3 ■Sakura-dori Line for Imaike, Aratamabashi, Nonami, and Tokushige
4 ■Sakura-dori Line to Nakamura Kuyakusho

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Higashiyama Line (H 08)
Fushimi (H 07) - Kamejima (H 09)
Sakura-dori Line(S 02)
Nakamura Kuyakusho (S 01) - Kokusai Center (S 03)

History

Nagoya Station first opened in 1886.[3]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ 中西, 隆紀 (2010) (in Japanese). 日本の鉄道創世記 ～幕末明治の鉄道発達史～ [The history of Japanese railways]. Kawade Shobō Shinsha. p. 127. ISBN 9784309225272. 

External links

Stations of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Stations of the JR Central Kansai Main Line (Nagoya - Kameyama)

Nagoya • Hatta • Haruta • Kanie • Eiwa • Yatomi • Nagashima • Kuwana • Asahi • Tomida • Tomidahama • Yokkaichi • Minami-Yokkaichi • Kawarada (>> for Tsu) • Kawano • Kasado • Idagawa • Kameyama (>> for Kamo)

Atami • Kannami • Mishima • Numazu • Katahama • Hara • Higashi-Tagonoura • Yoshiwara • Fuji • Fujikawa • Shin-Kambara • Kambara • Yui • Okitsu • Shimizu • Kusanagi • Shizuoka Freight Terminal • Higashi-Shizuoka • Shizuoka • Abekawa • Mochimune • Yaizu • Nishi-Yaizu • Fujieda • Rokugō • Shimada • Kanaya • Kikugawa • Kakegawa • Aino • Fukuroi • Iwata • Toyodachō • Tenryūgawa • Hamamatsu • Nishi-Hamamatsu Freight Terminal • Takatsuka • Maisaka • Bentenjima • Araimachi • Washizu • Shinjohara • Futagawa • Toyohashi • Nishi-Kozakai • Aichi-Mito • Mikawa-Ōtsuka • Mikawa-Miya • Gamagōri • Mikawa-Shiotsu • Sangane • Kōda • (Aimi) • Okazaki • Nishi-Okazaki • Anjō • Mikawa-Anjō • Higashi-Kariya • Noda-Shimmachi • Kariya • Aizuma • Ōbu • Kyōwa • Minami-Ōdaka • Ōdaka • Kasadera • Atsuta • Kanayama • Otōbashi • Nagoya • Biwajima • Kiyosu • Inazawa • Owari-Ichinomiya • Kisogawa • Gifu • Nishi-Gifu • Gifu Freight Terminal • Hozumi • Ōgaki • Tarui • Sekigahara • Kashiwabara • Ōmi-Nagaoka • Samegai • Maibara

Nagoya-Minato Freight Branch: Nagoya-Minato Freight Terminal

Mino-Akasaka Branch: Ōgaki • Arao • Mino-Akasaka
Stations of the Chūō Main Line (Chūō West Line) (JR Central)

(<< for Matsumoto, Kōfu) Shiojiri • Seba • Hideshio • Niekawa • Kiso-Hirasawa • Narai • Yabuhara • Miyanokoshi • Harano • Kiso-Fukushima • Agematsu • Kuramoto • Suhara • Ōkuwa • Nojiri • Jūnikane • Nagiso • Tadachi • Sakashita • Ochiaigawa • Nakatsugawa • Mino-Sakamoto • Ena • Takenami • Kamado • Mizunami • Tokishi • Tajimi • Kokokei • Jōkōji • Kōzōji • Jinryō • Kasugai • Kachigawa • Shin-Moriyama • Ōzone • Chikusa • Tsurumai • Kanayama • Nagoya
Mass transit in Nagoya (Chūkyō)
Municipal Subway lines
Higashiyama (H) • Kamiiida (K) • Meijō (M) • Meikō (E) • Sakura-dōri (S) • Tsurumai (T)
Meitetsu lines
■Airport • ■Hiromi • ■Inuyama • ■Kakamigahara • ■Komaki • ■Kōwa • ■Monorail • ■Nagoya • ■Seto • ■Tokoname • ■Toyota • ■Bisai
Kintetsu lines (Chūkyō)
Hachiōji • Nagoya • Shima • Suzuka • Toba • Yamada • Yunoyama • Utsube
JR Central lines
Other lines
Miscellaneous