Higashi-Kariya Station

Higashi-Kariya Station 東刈谷駅
File:Higashi-kariya Station North entrance.jpg North Exit, March 2009
Location	1-35 Higashi-Kariya-cho, Kariya, Aichi （愛知県刈谷市東刈谷町一丁目35） Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line
History
Opened	1966
Traffic
Passengers (FY2009)	5244 daily

Higashi-Kariya Station (東刈谷駅, Higashi-Kariya-eki) is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Kariya, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Higashi-Kariya Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 338.1 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station 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 "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Okazaki and Toyohashi
2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Nagoya and Ōgaki

Adjacent stations

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

History

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

References

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

External links

• Higashi-Kariya Station information (JR Central) (Japanese)