Kariya

Weekday departures: 384/day · Sat & holiday departures: 383/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:34 / 24:31

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (24)

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• Tōkaidō Main Line: Aizuma ⇄ Noda-Shinmachi
• Meitetsu Mikawa Line: Shigehara ⇄ Kariyashi

Kariya Station is the gateway to Kariya, Aichi, jointly operated by JR Central (Tōkaidō Main Line, CA58) and Meitetsu (Mikawa Line, MU02). It opened on 1 September 1888 with the Hamamatsu-to-Ōbu segment of the Government Railways after Kariya merchants led by Ōta Heiemon won a stop on the route. The Mikawa Railway opened the adjacent Kariya-shin Station on 5 February 1914 and the two were merged on 10 November 1927. From the 1920s the area drew Toyota-affiliated industry — Toyota Bōshoku, Aichi Steel, Toyota Industries and later Denso — turning Kariya into a major industrial centre. The bridge-over-tracks station building dates from January 1989, and a 2019-launched programme will widen platforms, double the concourse and add platform-edge doors by 2029.

Koto master Miyagi Michio died at Kariya Station in the early hours of 25 June 1956 after falling from the Tokyo-bound express 'Ginga'; a memorial pagoda for him was later raised in front of the south exit and remains there today.