Kariya Station
Kariya Station 刈谷駅 | |
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 North gate of kariya Station | |
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55 Sakuramachi 1-chome, Kariya, Aichi （愛知県刈谷市桜町一丁目55） Japan |
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| Opened | 1888 |
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| Passengers (2008) |
28,297 (JR) 19,679 (Meitetsu) daily |
Kariya Station (刈谷駅 Kariya-eki) is a railway station in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on both the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Meitetsu Mikawa Line The station is 341.6 rail kilometers from Tokyo on the Tōkaidō Main Line and 3.6 rail kilometers from Chiryū on the Mikawa Line.
History
Kariya Station was opened on September 1, 1888 the section of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. This line was named the Tōkaidō Line in 1895 and the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1909. On February 5, 1914, the privately owned Mikawa Railway built a station for the Mikawa Line adjacent to this station, and named it Kariya-shin Station (刈谷新駅 Kariya-shin-eki). The two stations were merged on February 10, 1927. The Mikawa Railway became part of Meitetsu in 1941, and the JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were shifted to the nearby Kariya Container Center in 1986. With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR-C).
Lines
- Central Japan Railway Company (JR-C)
- Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
Layout
JR
The station consists of 2 island platforms serving 4 tracks.
| 1-2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Okazaki, Toyohashi |
| 3-4 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | Ōbu, Nagoya |
Meitetsu
The station consists of a single island platform serving 2 tracks.
| 1 | ■ Mikawa Line | Chiryū |
| 2 | ■ Mikawa Line | Mikawa Takahama, Hekinan |
Black: JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line
Red: Meitetsu Mikawa Line
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Nagoya Railroad | ||||
| Mikawa Line | ||||
| Shigehara | - | Kariyashi | ||
| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Anjō | Special Rapid | Kanayama | ||
| Anjō | New Rapid | Ōbu | ||
| Anjō | Rapid | Ōbu | ||
| Anjō | Semi Rapid | Ōbu | ||
| Noda-Shinmachi | Local | Aizuma | ||
References
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kariya Station. |
- (Japanese) JR Kariya Station information
- (Japanese) Meitetsu Kariya Station information
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Coordinates: 34°59′28″N 137°00′32″E / 34.9911736°N 137.0088887°E