Kariya Station

Location
	Kariya Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Kariya Station Kariya Station (Japan)

CA58
Kariya Station

刈谷駅
CA58 ; Kariya Station; 刈谷駅
	Kariya Station at May 2023
General information
Location	1-55 Sakuramachi, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken 448-0028; Japan
Coordinates	34°59′28″N 137°00′32″E / 34.9911736°N 137.0088887°E
Operated by	JR Central; Meitetsu;
Line(s)	Tokaido Main Line; ■ Meitetsu Mikawa Line;
Distance	341.6 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms	3 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CA58
Website	Official website JR; Official website Meitetsu;
History
Opened	September 1, 1888
Passengers
FY2017	35,077 daily (JR); 27,483 (Meitetsu)
Location
Location
	Kariya Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Kariya Station Kariya Station (Japan)

Kariya Station (刈谷駅, Kariya-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Meitetsu.

Lines

Kariya Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 341.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also served by the Meitetsu Mikawa Line and is 25.2 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Sanage Station and 3.6 kilometers from Chiryū.

Station layout

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

JR

The JR station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, with the station building underneath, The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is staffed.

1-2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Okazaki and Toyohashi
3-4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Ōbu and Nagoya

Meitetsu

The Meitetsu platform

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 turnstiles for the Tranpass system of magnetic fare cards, and is staffed.

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

Station history

Kariya Station circa 1921

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.^{[citation needed]}

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kariya Station was assigned station number CA58.^[1]^[2]

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).^{[citation needed]}

Surrounding area

Kariya City Hall
Kariya Art Museum
Denso head office
Aishin Seiki head office

References

^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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

External links

Media related to Kariya Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR-Tokai home page (in Japanese)
Meitetsu home page (in Japanese)

[1] "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[2] "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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