Mikawa Miya Station

Mikawa Miya Station 三河三谷駅駅
Mikawa Miya Station
Location	Miya-cho, Ueno 13, Gamagōri, Aichi （愛知県蒲郡市三谷町上野13） Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1929
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	1,952 daily

Mikawa Miya Station (三河三谷駅, Mikawa Miya-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 308.3 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station history

Mikawa Mika Station began operations on July 3, 1929 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Main Line. the JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railways) after World War II. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1972, and parcel services by 1984. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company. A new station building was completed in 1990. Automated turnstiles using the TOICA IC Card system came into operation in 2009.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Mikawa Miya Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overpass.

Adjacent stations

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References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°49′5.3″N 137°14′59″E / 34.818139°N 137.24972°E / 34.818139; 137.24972