page_title: Kariya Station
section_title: Station history
hierarchical_section_title: Kariya Station / Station history
caption_attribution_description: English: Kariya Station in Aichi Prefecture, Japan 日本語: 大正10年頃の刈谷駅
context_page_description: Kariya Station is a railway station in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Meitetsu.
context_section_description: Kariya Station opened on September 1, 1888, when the section of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. This line was named the Tōkaidō Line in 1895 and the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1909. On February 5, 1914, the privately owned Mikawa Railway built a station for the Mikawa Line adjacent to this station, and named it Kariya-shin Station (刈谷新駅). The two stations were merged on February 10, 1927. The Mikawa Railway became part of Meitetsu in 1941, and the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were shifted to the nearby Kariya Container Center in 1986. With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central.
caption: Kariya Station circa 1921
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