Kariya Station
Kariya Station is a railway station in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Meitetsu.
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 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. 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 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.