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in the city of Chiryū, Aichi, Japan, operated by

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Lines

Chiryū Station is served by both the Mikawa Line and Nagoya Main Lines. It is 41.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Nagoya Line at

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and is a

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of the 39.8 kilometer Mikawa Line.

Station layout

The station has four

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s connected by footbridges. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The predecessor Chiryū Station was opened on April 1, 1923, as on the privately owned Aichi Electric Railway Company, but soon merged with nearby on the Mikawa Railway later that year. The Aichi Electric Railway Company was taken over by Meitetsu on August 1, 1935, becoming the

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, 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 (Main Line Side) and (Mikawa Line Side).

Future plans

Construction of a new elevated station has been in progress since 2015. Originally scheduled for a 2023 completion, the completion date has been pushed back to 2028 while the price of the project has increased to from its original cost of . The tracks for each of the lines will gradually be moved to the new station structure. 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. 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. File:MT-Elevation Construction of Chiryū Station 4.jpg, Construction work as of 2020 File:MT-Elevation Construction of Chiryū Station 6.jpg, Overview of the construction site in 2021 File:MT-Chiryū Station-Temporary Overpass.jpg, 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).

Surrounding area

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

References

External links

Official home page

Elevated Station press release update (13 December 2022)
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