Address Japan | Opened 1888 | |
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Location 1-1 Motomachi, Gamagōri, Aichi
（愛知県蒲郡市元町1-1）
Japan Operated by JR Central
Nagoya Railroad Line(s) Tōkaidō Main Line
Meitetsu Gamagōri Line Passengers (2007) 7192 (JR)
1389 (Meitetsu) daily Similar Mikawa Miya Station, Mikawa‑Ōtsuka Station, Mikawa‑Shiotsu Station, Take Island, Lagunasia | ||
gamag ri station
Gamagōri Station (蒲郡駅, Gamagōri-eki) is a railway station in Gamagōri, Aichi, Japan operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu).
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The JR Central station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 310.6 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.
The Meitetsu station forms the terminus of the Meitetsu Gamagōri Line.
JR Central
The JR Central station has two island platforms serving four tracks, of which only the inner tracks (tracks 2 and 3) are normally used.
Meitetsu
Meitetsu Gamagōri Station has a single island platform serving two tracks. Both tracks terminate at this station.
Station history
Gamagōri Station opened on September 1, 1888 when the section of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed. This line was named the Tōkaidō Line in 1895. On July 24, 1936, the Mikawa Railway (now part of Meitetsu) connected to Gamagōri Station. The JGR became the JNR after World War II. The JNR portion of the station was extensively remodeled in the mid-1960s, with a new station building completed from 1968-1969. The Meitesu portion was likewise remodeled in the early 1970s, with a new station building and bus terminal completed in 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the JNR station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company. The Tōkaidō Line tracks were elevated in 2003-2005, and a JR station building was completed in 2006. Automated turnstiles using the TOICA IC Card system came into operation from November 25, 2006.