Chiryū Station

Chiryū Station (知立駅, Chiryū-eki) is a railway station in the city of Chiryū, Aichi, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.

Chiryū Station 知立駅
Station Building
General information
Location	Sakae 2-60, Chiryū-shi, Aichi-ken 472-0037 Japan
Coordinates	35.0059738°N 137.0403457°E / 35.0059738; 137.0403457
Operated by	Meitetsu
Line(s)	■ Meitetsu Nagoya Line ■ Meitetsu Mikawa Line
Distance	41.3 kilometers from Toyohashi
Platforms	4 island platforms
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	NH19
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1959; 66 years ago (1959-04-01)
Passengers
FY2017	33,102 daily
Services
Preceding station Meitetsu Following station Higashi Okazaki towards Toyohashi Nagoya Main Line Rapid Limited Express Jingū-mae towards Meitetsu Gifu Shin Anjō towards Toyohashi Nagoya Main Line Limited Express Nagoya Main Line Express Zengo towards Meitetsu Gifu Shin Anjō towards Ina Nagoya Main Line Semi-Express Toyoake towards Meitetsu Gifu Ushida towards Ina Nagoya Main Line Local Hitotsugi towards Meitetsu Gifu Terminus Mikawa Line Chiryū–Hekinan Shigehara towards Hekinan Mikawa Chiryū towards Sanage Mikawa Line Sanage–Chiryū Terminus
Location Chiryū Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture Chiryū Station Chiryū Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platforms

Lines

Chiryū Station is served by both the Mikawa Line and the Nagoya Main Line. It is 41.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Nagoya Line at Toyohashi Station and is a terminus of the 39.8 km (24.7 mi) Mikawa Line.

Station layout

The station has four island platforms and eight tracks, and consists of three floors connected by footbridges. The station is staffed on the north side.

Platforms

2	■ Mikawa Line	For Toyotashi and Sanage
3	■ Mikawa Line	For Toyotashi and Sanage
	■ Mikawa Line	For Kariya and Hekinan
4	■ Mikawa Line	For Kariya and Hekinan
5	■ Nagoya Main Line	For Kanayama and Meitetsu Nagoya
8	■ Nagoya Main Line	For Higashi Okazaki, Toyohashi, and Nishio

Platform 8 is located on Floor 2 while others are all on Floor 1.

Track layout (2009, no longer current)

History

The predecessor to Chiryū Station was opened on 1 April 1923, as Shin Chiryū Station (新知立駅, Shin-Chiryū-eki) on the privately owned Aichi Electric Railway Company, but soon merged with nearby Chiryū Station (知立駅, Chiryū-eki) on the Mikawa Railway later that year. The Aichi Electric Railway Company was taken over by Meitetsu on 1 August 1935, becoming the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, and the Mikawa Railway on 1 June 1941. Shin Chryū Station merged with the Chiryū Station (Main Line Side).

A new station was completed on 1 April 1959, and named Chiryū Station, with the former Chiryū Station becoming Higashi Chiryū Station (東知立駅, Higashi-Chiryū-eki) (Main Line Side) and Mikawa Chiryū Station (三河知立駅, Mikawa-Chiryū-eki) (Mikawa Line Side).

Overview of track alignments surrounding Chiryū Station

Future plans

Construction of a new elevated station has been in progress since 2015.^[1] Originally scheduled for a 2023 completion, the completion date has been pushed back to 2028 while the price of the project has increased to ¥79 billion (2021) (US$722 million) from its original cost of ¥61 billion (US$556 million).^[1] The tracks for each of the lines will gradually be moved to the new station structure further north on the Nagoya Main Line by approximately 20 metres (66 ft).^[1] When completed, the station will compose of three levels with the platforms on the Nagoya Main Line on the 2nd level and the platforms for the Mikawa Line on the top level.^[1]

The first tracks that were moved to the new facilities were the southbound tracks on the Nagoya Main Line (previously serving platform 6), which were reassigned to platform 8 on the new elevated level on 21 March 2023.^[2] The northbound Nagoya Main Line tracks are to follow in 2025, the Mikawa Line tracks in 2027, and the entire construction project is to be completed in 2028.^[1]

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  Construction work as of 2020
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  Overview of the construction site in 2021
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  Temporary facilities seen in 2018

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 33,102 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

• Chiryū Elementary School
• Chiryū Jinja
• Japan National Route 1

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan