Gamagōri Station

Gamagōri Station (蒲郡駅, Gamagōri-eki) is a railway station in the city of Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and Meitetsu.

CA47 Gamagōri Station 蒲郡駅
General information
Location	1-1 Motomachi, Gamagōri-shi, Aichi-ken 443-0043 Japan
Coordinates	34.8230693°N 137.2263622°E / 34.8230693; 137.2263622
Operated by	JR Central Meitetsu
Line(s)	Tokaido Main Line ■ Meitetsu Gamagōri Line
Distance	310.6 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms	3 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CA47, GN22
Website	Official website (JR) Official website (Meitetsu)
History
Opened	September 1, 1888
Passengers
2023–2024	14,260 daily (JR)[1] 2,379 daily (Meitetsu)[2]
Services
Preceding station JR Central Following station Okazaki towards Maibara Tōkaidō Main Line Special Rapid Toyohashi towards Atami Tōkaidō Main Line New Rapid Rapid Mikawa Miya towards Atami Kōda towards Maibara Tōkaidō Main Line New Rapid Rapid Mikawa-Shiotsu towards Maibara Tōkaidō Main Line Semi Rapid Local Preceding station Meitetsu Following station Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae towards Kira Yoshida Gamagōri Line Terminus
Location Gamagōri Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture Gamagōri Station Gamagōri Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

station layout

Lines

Gamagōri Station is 310.6 kilometers from Tokyo Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line and serves as a terminal station for the 17.6 kilometer Meitetsu Gamagōri Line.

Station layout

JR Central

The JR Central station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, of which only the inner tracks (tracks 2 and 3) are normally used. The station building is underneath the platforms and has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is staffed.

1/2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Toyohashi and Hamamatsu
3/4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Okazaki and Nagoya

Meitetsu

Meitetsu Gamagōri Station has a single elevated island platform serving two tracks. Both tracks terminate at this station.

1	■ Meitetsu Gamagōri Line	for Kira Yoshida
2	■ Meitetsu Gamagōri Line	for Kira Yoshida

Station history

Gamagōri Station opened on September 1, 1888 when the section of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. This line was named the Tōkaidō Line in 1895. On July 24, 1936, the Mikawa Railway (now part of Meitetsu) connected to Gamagōri Station. The JGR became the JNR after World War II. The JNR portion of the station was extensively remodeled in the mid-1960s, with a new station building completed from 1968-1969. The Meitesu portion was likewise remodeled in the early 1970s, with a new station building and bus terminal completed in 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company. The Tōkaidō Line tracks were elevated in 2003-2005, and a JR station building was completed in 2006. Automated turnstiles using the TOICA IC Card system came into operation from November 25, 2006.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Gamagōri Station was assigned station number CA47.^[3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 7,838 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and the Meitetsu portion of the station by 1407 passengers daily.^[5]

Surrounding area

• Gamagōri City Hall
• Gamagōri High School

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan