Nagoya Station

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Nagoya Station (名古屋駅) is a train station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is the world's largest train station by floor area (410,000 m²), 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 in 1999. Ridership was 1,120,000 people per day in 2004, making it the 6th busiest station in Japan.

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.

Nagoya Station is located 35°10'16" N, 136° 52' 58" E.

[edit] Lines

• JR Central
  • Tokaido Shinkansen Line (for Shin Yokohama, Tokyo, Kyoto and Shin Osaka)
  • Tokaido Line (for Gifu, Ogaki, Maibara, Obu, Kariya, Okazaki, Gamagori, Toyohashi and Hamamatsu)
  • Chūō Line (for Kozoji (to transfer EXPO SITE), Tajimi and Nakatsugawa)
  • Kansai Line (for Yokkaichi, Tsu and Kameyama)
  • Takayama Line (Limited Express only, for Gero and Takayama)
• Nagoya City Subway
  • Higashiyama Line (H08)
  • Sakura-dori Line (S02)
• Aonami Line (AN01) (for Kinjo-Futo (Nagoya International Exhibition Hall))

[edit] External links

• Nagoya Station

[edit] 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 Lines: for Otagawa, Chita Handa, Kowa, Utsumi, Tokoname and Central Japan Int'l Airport (Centrair)

Inuyama Lines: 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