station layout is a

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in the city of

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, jointly operated by the

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(JR Tōkai) and

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Lines

Gamagōri Station is 310.6 kilometers from

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on the

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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

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s 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

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automated

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s and is staffed.

Meitetsu

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

Station history

Gamagōri Station opened on September 1, 1888 when the section of the

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(JGR) connecting

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with

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was completed. This line was named the

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in 1895. On July 24, 1936, the Mikawa Railway (now part of Meitetsu) connected to Gamagōri Station. The JGR became the

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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

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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

s using the

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system came into operation from November 25, 2006.

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was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Gamagōri Station was assigned station number CA47.

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.

Surrounding area

* Gamagōri City Hall * Gamagōri High School

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

Meitetsu Gamagori Station

JR Gamagori Station
(in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamagori Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888 Tōkaidō Main Line Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Stations of Nagoya Railroad Railway stations in Gamagōri