Kariya Station

Kariya Station 刈谷駅
File:140112 Kariya Station Kariya Aich pref Japan02s3.jpg North gate of kariya Station
Location	55 Sakuramachi 1-chome, Kariya, Aichi （愛知県刈谷市桜町一丁目55） Japan
Line(s)	JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line Nagoya Railroad Mikawa Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1888
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	28,297 (JR) 19,679 (Meitetsu) daily

File:MT-KariyaStation-Platform.jpg

Nagoya Railroad Platform

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)
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
• Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
  • Mikawa Line

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

File:Rail Tracks map Kariya Station.svg

Kariya Station track diagram.
Black: JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line
Red: Meitetsu Mikawa Line

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
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

• (Japanese) JR Kariya Station information
• (Japanese) Meitetsu Kariya Station information