Nagoya Station
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Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
is one of the 16 wards of Nagoya, Japan.-History:Nakamura Ward is famous as the birthplace of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.The modern ward was officially established on .-Places:Nagoya Station is in the ward's Meieki district...
, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m²), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company
Central Japan Railway Company
The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...
(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.
The station is adjacent to Meitetsu Nagoya Station
Meitetsu Nagoya Station
is the principal station of the Nagoya Railroad system in Nagoya, Japan. Most trains of Meitetsu's major lines operate through this station...
, the terminal of the Nagoya Railroad
Nagoya Railroad
, often abbreviated as , is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows...
, and Kintetsu Nagoya Station
Kintetsu Nagoya Station
Kintetsu-Nagoya Station is a terminus of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. It is connected to Nagoya Station and Meitetsu Nagoya Station .-Layout:...
, the terminal of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line.
The twin-towered station rises over 50 stories. There is the 59 story tall Hotel Tower and the 55 story tall office tower (with a heli-pad on top).
JR Central
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen Line (for Shin-Yokohama, Tokyo, Kyoto and Shin-Osaka)
- Tōkaidō Main LineTokaido Main LineThe is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
(for GifuGifu Stationis a train station operated by Central Japan Railway Company and is located in the heart of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along with Meitetsu Gifu Station, it is one of the two main rail stations in Gifu City.-History:...
, Ōgaki, Maibara, Obu, Kariya, Okazaki, Gamagori, Toyohashi and Hamamatsu) - Chūō LineChuo Main LineThe , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It runs between Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, while the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the fastest rail...
(for Kozoji, Tajimi and Nakatsugawa) - Kansai LineKansai Main LineThe is a Japanese railway line which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railway Company with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.The section...
(for Yokkaichi, Tsu and Kameyama) - Takayama LineTakayama Main Lineis a Japanese railway line between Gifu Station in Gifu and Toyama Station in Toyama, operated by Central Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company . The line directly links Chūkyō Metropolitan Area and Hokuriku region in a shorter distance, but slower than to use Tōkaidō Shinkansen...
(Limited Express only, for Gero and Takayama)
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.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 gatePlatform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
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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
Underground city
An Underground city is a series of linked subterranean spaces that may provide a defensive refuge; a place for living, working or shopping; a transit system; mausolea; wine or storage cellars; cisterns or drainage channels; or several of these. The term may also refer to a network of tunnels that...
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.
Adjacent stations
- Meitetsu Nagoya StationMeitetsu Nagoya Stationis the principal station of the Nagoya Railroad system in Nagoya, Japan. Most trains of Meitetsu's major lines operate through this station...
(Nagoya Railroad (MeitetsuNagoya Railroad, often abbreviated as , is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows...
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- 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 (CentrairChubu Centrair International Airportis an airport on an artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan.Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chūbu region of Japan...
) - Inuyama Line: for Iwakura, Inuyama, Mikakino and Shin Kani
- Tsushima Line: for Tsushima, Saya and Yatomi
- Kintetsu Nagoya StationKintetsu Nagoya StationKintetsu-Nagoya Station is a terminus of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. It is connected to Nagoya Station and Meitetsu Nagoya Station .-Layout:...
(Kintetsu Corporation)
- Kintetsu Nagoya Station
- Nagoya Line: for Yokkaichi, Tsu, Ise Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Iseshi, Toba, and Osaka
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