Chiryū Station
 Chiryū Station 知立駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sakae 2-60, Chiryū-shi, Aichi-ken 472-0037 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°00′22″N 137°02′25″E / 35.0059738°N 137.0403457°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Meitetsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 41.3 kilometers from Toyohashi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | NH19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2017 | 33,102 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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.
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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).
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 2031[2] while the price of the project has increased to approximately ¥100 billion (2021) (equivalent to ¥108 billion or US$715 million in 2024)[3][2] 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.[4] The northbound Nagoya Main Line tracks are to follow in 2026, the Mikawa Line tracks in 2027, all railway tracks are scheduled to be removed from the ground in 2030. The entire construction project is to be completed in 2031.[2]
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Construction work as of 2020 -
Overview of the construction site in 2021 -
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).[5]
Surrounding area
- Chiryū Elementary School
- Chiryū Jinja
- Japan National Route 1
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "知立駅周辺整備事業 まちづくりだより 2022年1月号" [Chiryu Station Area Development Project Town Development Newsletter January 2022] (PDF). January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "名鉄知立駅周辺の高架化、3年延びて31年度完了予定 事業費は約200億円増：中日新聞Web". 中日新聞Web (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ 1868 to 1938: Williamson J., Nominal Wage, Cost of Living, Real Wage and Land Rent Data for Japan 1831-1938, 1939 to 1945: Bank of Japan Historical Statistics Afterwards, Japanese Historical Consumer Price Index numbers based on data available from the Japanese Statistics Bureau. Japan Historical Consumer Price Index (CPI) – 1970 to 2014 Retrieved 30 July 2014. For between 1946 and 1970, from "昭和戦後史". Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "名鉄，名古屋本線 知立駅付近の上り線を3月21日から高架線に切り替え" [Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line Inbound tracks near Chiryu Station will be switched to elevated line from March 21]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ 9-2 各駅乗降客数 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Anjo City. 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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)