Chiryū Station

Distance41.3 kilometers from ToyohashiPlatforms4 island platformsConstructionStructure typeElevatedAccessibleYesOther informationStatusStaffedStation codeNH19WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 April 1959; 65 years ago (1959-04-01)PassengersFY201733,102 daily

Location
Chiryū Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture Chiryū Station Chiryū Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

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 kilometer Mikawa Line.

Station layout

The station has four island platforms connected by footbridges. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Higashi Okazaki		Rapid Limited Express (快速特急)		Jingū-mae
Shin Anjō		Limited Express (特急)		Jingū-mae
Shin Anjō		Express (急行)		Zengo
Shin Anjō		Semi Express (準急)		Toyoake
Ushida		Local (普通)		Hitotsugi
Meitetsu Mikawa Line (for Hekinan)
Terminus		-	Shigehara
Meitetsu Mikawa Line (for Sanage)
Mikawa Chiryū		-	Terminus

History

The predecessor Chiryū Station was opened on April 1, 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 August 1, 1935, becoming the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, and the Mikawa Railway on June 1, 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, 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).

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.^[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 will be moved to the new facilities will be the southbound tracks (currently serving platform 6), which will be reassigned to platform 8 on the new elevated platform. As of December 2022, the move is scheduled to take place on 21 March 2023.^[2]

• 
  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

References

External links

Media related to Chiryū Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official home page (in Japanese)
• Elevated Station press release update (13 December 2022) (in Japanese)