is a railway station in the city of

Kariya is a city in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 153,162 in 66,751 households, and a population density of 3,040 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kariya is situated in central Aic ...

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

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, jointly operated by

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(JR Central) and the

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operator

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Overview

Kariya Station is served by the

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, and is located from the starting point of the line at

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. It is also served by the

Meitetsu Mikawa Line The is a railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) connecting Sanage Station in Toyota, Aichi, Toyota and Hekinan Station in Hekinan, Aichi, Hekinan. It originally extended bey ...

and is from the terminus of that line at

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and from Chiryū.

History

Kariya Station opened on September 1, 1888, when the section of the

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(JGR) connecting

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with

Ōbu Station is a railway station in the city of Ōbu, Aichi, Ōbu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Ōbu Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 346.5 kilometers from the starting po ...

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 . The two stations were merged on February 10, 1927. The Mikawa Railway became part of

in 1941, and the JGR became the

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(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.

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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

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s serving four tracks, with the station building underneath, The station building has automated

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TOICA TOICA () is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for JR Central railway network which was introduced in the Chūkyō Area (Greater Nagoya) of Japan on November 25, 2006. The name is an abbreviation of " Tōkai IC Card". Like J ...

automated

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s and is staffed.

Meitetsu

The Meitetsu station consists of a single ground-level

connected to the JR portion of the station by a footbridge. The station has automatic

s for

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, 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).

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

JR-Tokai home page

{{Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888 Tōkaidō Main Line Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Stations of Nagoya Railroad Railway stations in Kariya, Aichi