Mikawa Miya Station (三河三谷駅, Mikawa Miya-eki) is a railway station in the city of Gamagōri, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
CA46 Mikawa Miya Station 三河三谷駅 | |||||
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 Mikawa Miya Station in May 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 13 Ueno Miya-cho, Gamagōri-shi, Aichi-ken 443-0021 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°49′5.3″N 137°14′59″E / 34.818139°N 137.24972°E | ||||
| Operated by |  JR Central | ||||
| Line(s) |  Tokaido Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 308.3 kilometers from Tokyo | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Station code | CA46 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | July 3, 1929 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 1940 daily | ||||
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Lines
editMikawa-Miya Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 308.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editThe station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Okazaki, Nagoya |
| 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Toyohashi, Hamamatsu |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Toyohashi | New Rapid | Gamagōri | ||
| Toyohashi | Rapid | Gamagōri | ||
| Toyohashi | Sectional Rapid | Gamagōri | ||
| Mikawa-Ōtsuka | Local | Gamagōri | ||
Station history
editMikawa Miya Station began operations on July 3, 1929 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Main Line. the JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railways) after World War II. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company. A new station building was completed in 1990.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Mikawa-Miya Station was assigned station number CA46.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1940 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Miya Fishing Port
- Japan National Route 23
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ 蒲郡市統計(平成29年) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Gamagōri City. 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
External links
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Media related to Mikawa-Miya Station at Wikimedia Commons