Nagoya Station

Nagoya Station 名古屋駅
JR Central Towers, part of the station, directly adjacent the platforms
Location
Prefecture	Aichi (See other stations in Aichi)
City	Nagoya
Ward	Nakamura
History
Opened	1886 [1]
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Central Nagoya Municipal Subway
Line(s)	JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen Line Tōkaidō Main Line Chūō Line Kansai Line Takayama Line Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line Sakuradōri Line

JR platform sign

Nagoya Station (名古屋駅, Nagoya-eki^?) is a train station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m²),^[2] and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in the "JR Central Towers" atop the station, as well as in underground concourses. The current station complex was completed on December 20, 1999. An average of 1,140,000 people used it per day in 2005, making it the 6th busiest station in Japan.^{[citation needed]}

The station is adjacent to Meitetsu Nagoya Station, the terminal of the Nagoya Railroad, and Kintetsu Nagoya Station, the terminal of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line.

The twin-towered station rises over 50 stories.^[3] There is the 59 story tall Hotel Tower and the 55 story tall office tower (with a heli-pad on top).^{[citation needed]}

Lines

JR Central

• Tōkaidō Shinkansen Line (for Shin-Yokohama, Tokyo, Kyoto and Shin-Osaka)
• Tōkaidō Main Line (for Gifu, Ōgaki, Maibara, Obu, Kariya, Okazaki, Gamagori, Toyohashi and Hamamatsu)
• Chūō Line (for Kozoji, Tajimi and Nakatsugawa)
• Kansai Line (for Yokkaichi, Tsu and Kameyama)
• Takayama Line (Limited Express only, for Gero and Takayama)

Aonami Line

• Aonami Line (AN01) (for Kinjo-Futo [Nagoya International Exhibition Hall])

Nagoya Subway

• Higashiyama Line (H08)
• Sakuradōri Line (S02)

Layout

JR Central

The platforms and the tracks are elevated. 6 island platforms for the Tokaido Line, the Chuo Line and the Kansai Line are situated in the eastern part of the station (the side where JR Central Towers are situated) and serve 12 tracks. 2 island platforms for the Tokaido Shinkansen are situated in the western part and serve 4 tracks.

1, 2	■Tokaido Line	for Toyohashi and Taketoyo
3, 4	■Tokaido Line	for Toyohashi and Taketoyo (through trains to the Taketoyo Line and the home liner) for Gifu and Ogaki (home liner)
4	■Tokaido Line	limited express "Shirasagi" for Fukui and Kanazawa
5, 6	■Tokaido Line	for Gifu and Ogaki
7, 8	■Chuo Line	for Tajimi and Nakatsugawa (local trains and rapid trains)
(9)	■no platform	siding
10	■Chuo Line	for Tajimi and Nakatsugawa (Central Liner, home liner) limited express "Shinano" for Nagano
11	■Tokaido Line	limited express "Hida" for Gero and Takayama limited express "Shinano" 16 for Ogaki, Maibara, Kyoto and Osaka
	■Chuo Line	for Tajimi and Nakatsugawa (partly)
	■Kansai Line	for Yokkaichi and Kameyama (part of local trains)
12	■Kansai Line	for Yokkaichi, Kameyama limited express "Nanki" for Matsusaka, Shingu and Kii-Katsuura
13	■Kansai Line	for Yokkaichi and Kameyama rapid "Mie" for Matsusaka and Toba
14, 15	■Tokaido Shinkansen	for Shizuoka and Tokyo
16, 17	■Tokaido Shinkansen	for Shin-Osaka and Hakata

Aonami Line

The station is situated in the west of the JR Central Lines, on the Inazawa Line. The station has an island platform serving 2 tracks senced with platform gates.

1, 2

■Aonami Line

for Arako and Kinjo-Futo

Nagoya Subway

An island platform for the Sakura-dori Line serving 2 tracks is located east to west under the central concource of JR Nagoya Station. The platform is fenced with platform gates.

An island platform for the Higashiyama Line serving 2 tracks is located south to north under underground city Meieki Chikagai (Meichika), in the east of JR Nagoya Station. The southern part of the platform is used for the trains for Fujigaoka and the northen one is for the trains for Takahata.

1	■Higashiyama Line	for Sakae, Higashiyama Koen and Fujigaoka
2	■Higashiyama Line	for Nakamura Koen and Takahata
3	■Sakura-dori Line	for Imaike, Aratamabashi, Nonami and Tokushige
4	■Sakura-dori Line	to Nakamura Kuyakusho

Adjacent stations

• Meitetsu Nagoya Station (Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu))

Nagoya Line (East) and Toyokawa Line: for Chiryu, Higashi Okazaki, Toyohashi and Toyokawa Inari

Nagoya Line (West): for Meitetsu Ichinomiya and Meitetsu Gifu

Mikawa Line and Nishio Line:for Kariya, Hekinan, Nishio and Kira Yoshida

Tokoname Line: for Otagawa, Chita Handa, Kowa, Utsumi, Tokoname and Central Japan Int'l Airport (Centrair)

Inuyama Line: for Iwakura, Inuyama, Mikakino and Shin Kani

Tsushima Line: for Tsushima, Saya and Yatomi

• Kintetsu Nagoya Station (Kintetsu Corporation)

Nagoya Line: for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Ise Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Iseshi, Toba, and Osaka

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Mikawa-Anjō		-	Gifu-Hashima
Tōkaidō Main Line
Otobashi		Local	Biwajima
Kanayama		Semi Rapid Rapid New Rapid Special Rapid Home Liner	Owari-Ichinomiya
Chūō Main Line
Kanayama		All services	Terminus
Kansai Main Line
Terminus		Local	Hatta
Terminus		Semi Rapid	Kanie
Terminus		Rapid Rapid "Mie"	Kuwana
Aonami Line
Aonami Line (AN 01)
Terminus		-	Sasashima-raibu (AN 02)
Nagoya City Subway
Higashiyama Line (H 08)
Fushimi (H 07)		-	Kamejima (H 09)
Sakura-dori Line(S 02)
Nakamura Kuyakusho (S 01)		-	Kokusai Center (S 03)

References

1. ^ 中西, 隆紀 (2010) (in Japanese). 日本の鉄道創世記 ～幕末明治の鉄道発達史～ [The history of Japanese railways]. Kawade Shobō Shinsha. p. 127. ISBN 9784309225272. 
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ [2]

External links

• JR Central station information (Japanese)
• Station Nagoya (Japanese)
• Towers Nagoya (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°10′14.78″N 136°52′53.77″E / 35.1707722°N 136.8816028°E / 35.1707722; 136.8816028