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in the city of Chiryū, Aichi,

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, operated by

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Lines

Chiryū Station is served by both the Mikawa Line and the

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. 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 Mikawa Line.

Station layout

The station has four

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s and eight tracks, and consists of three floors connected by

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. The station is staffed on the north side.

Platforms

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

History

The predecessor to Chiryū Station was opened on 1 April 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 1 August 1935, becoming the

Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line The or Nagoya Line is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi with Meitetsu Gifu Station in Gifu. Since its amalgamation in 1944, this has been the Me ...

, 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 (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 further north on the Nagoya Main Line by approximately . 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 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. 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. 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 *

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References

External links

Official home page

Elevated Station press release update (13 December 2022)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiryu Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1959 Stations of Nagoya Railroad Chiryū, Aichi