Kariya Station
Kariya Station 刈谷駅 | |
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 The north entrance of Kariya Station | |
| Location |
1-55 Sakuramachi, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken （愛知県刈谷市桜町一丁目55） Japan |
| Operated by | |
| Line(s) | |
| Connections | Bus terminal |
| History | |
| Opened | 1888 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2008) |
28,297 (JR) 19,679 (Meitetsu) daily |
| Location | |
  Kariya Station Location within Japan | |
Kariya Station (刈谷駅 Kariya-eki) is a railway station in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the private railway operator Meitetsu.
Lines
Kariya Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Meitetsu Mikawa Line. It lies 341.6 kilometers from Tokyo on the Tōkaidō Main Line, and 3.6 kilometers from Chiryū on the Mikawa Line.
Layout
Black: JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line
Red: Meitetsu Mikawa Line
JR
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
| 1-2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | for Okazaki and Toyohashi |
| 3-4 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | for Ōbu and Nagoya |
Meitetsu
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.
| 1 | ■ Mikawa Line | for Chiryū |
| 2 | ■ Mikawa Line | for Mikawa Takahama and Hekinan |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikawa Line | ||||
| Shigehara | - | Kariyashi | ||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Anjō | Special Rapid | Kanayama | ||
| Anjō | New Rapid | Ōbu | ||
| Anjō | Rapid | Ōbu | ||
| Anjō | Semi Rapid | Ōbu | ||
| Noda-Shinmachi | Local | Aizuma | ||
History
Kariya Station opened on September 1, 1888, when 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). The two stations were merged on February 10, 1927. The Mikawa Railway became part of Meitetsu in 1941, and the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (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 JR Central.
See also
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. |
- JR Kariya Station information (Japanese)
- Meitetsu Kariya Station information (Japanese)
Coordinates: 34°59′28″N 137°00′32″E / 34.9911736°N 137.0088887°E