Higashi-Kariya Station

Higashi-Kariya Station 東刈谷駅
North Exit
Location
Prefecture	Aichi (See other stations in Aichi)
City	Kariya
Neighborhood etc.	1-35 Higashi-Kariya-cho
Postal Code	448-0807
(in Japanese)	愛知県刈谷市東刈谷町一丁目35
History
Year opened	1966
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
Statistics	5244 passengers/day 2009

Higashi-Kariya Station (東刈谷駅, Higashi-Kariya-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 338.1 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

Higashi-Kariya Station was opened on December 24, 1966 as a passenger station of the Japan National Railways (JNR). With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line

Layout

Higashi-Kariya Station has two opposed side platforms, connected by an overpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platforms

1	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Okazaki, Toyohashi
2	■Tōkaidō Main Line	For Nagoya, Ōgaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Special Rapid: no stop
New Rapid: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Sectional Rapid: no stop
Mikawa-Anjō		Local		Noda-Shinmachi

References

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

External links

• JR-Tokai Higashi-Kariya Station home page (Japanese)

See also

• Media related to Higashi-Kariya Station at Wikimedia Commons