Kariya-eki is a railway station in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad.
Overview
Kariya Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located from the starting point of the line at
Tokyo Station. It is also served by the Meitetsu Mikawa Line and is from the terminus of that line at
Sanage Station and from Chiryū.
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 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.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kariya Station was assigned station number CA58.
Station layout
JR
The JR station consists of two elevated
serving four tracks, with the station building underneath, The station building has automated
,
TOICA automated
and is staffed.
Meitetsu
The Meitetsu station consists of a single ground-level
island platform connected to the JR portion of the station by a footbridge. The station has automatic
for
manaca, and is staffed.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 35,077 passengers daily (arriving passengers only) and the Meitetsu portion of the station was used by 27,483 passengers (daily).
See also
-
List of railway stations in Japan
-
Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .
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