Chiryū Station

Chiryū Station is served by both the Mikawa Line and the Nagoya Main Line. It is 41.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Nagoya Line at Toyohashi Station and is a terminus of the 39.8 kilometer Mikawa Line.

The station has four island platforms and eight tracks, and consists of three floors connected by footbridges. The station is staffed on the north side.

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Platform 8 is located on Floor 2 while others are all on Floor 1.

File:Rail Tracks map Meitetsu Chiryū (III) Station.svg

The predecessor Chiryū Station was opened on April 1, 1923, as {{Nihongo|Shin Chiryū Station|新知立駅|Shin-Chiryū-eki}} on the privately owned Aichi Electric Railway Company, but soon merged with nearby {{Nihongo|Chiryū Station|知立駅| Chiryū-eki}} on the Mikawa Railway later that year. The Aichi Electric Railway Company was taken over by Meitetsu on August 1, 1935, becoming the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, and the Mikawa Railway on June 1, 1941. Shin Chryū Station merged with the Chiryū Station (Main Line Side).

A new station was completed on 1 April 1959, and named Chiryū Station, with the former Chiryū Station becoming {{Nihongo|Higashi Chiryū Station|東知立駅|Higashi-Chiryū-eki}} (Main Line Side) and {{Nihongo|Mikawa Chiryū Station|三河知立駅|Mikawa-Chiryū-eki}} (Mikawa Line Side).

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Construction of a new elevated station has been in progress since 2015.{{Cite web |date=January 2022 |title=知立駅周辺整備事業 まちづくりだより 2022年1月号 |trans-title=Chiryu Station Area Development Project Town Development Newsletter January 2022 |url=https://www.city.chiryu.aichi.jp/ikkrwebBrowse/material/files/group/21/machidukuridayoriNo.74%20R0401.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731100453/https://www.city.chiryu.aichi.jp/ikkrwebBrowse/material/files/group/21/machidukuridayoriNo.74%20R0401.pdf |archive-date=31 July 2022}} Originally scheduled for a 2023 completion, the completion date has been pushed back to 2028 while the price of the project has increased to {{JPYConvert|79200000000|year=2021|to=USD|r=0}} from its original cost of {{JPYConvert|61000000000|year=|to=USD|r=0}}. The tracks for each of the lines will gradually be moved to the new station structure. When completed, the station will compose of three levels with the platforms on the Nagoya Main Line on the 2nd level and the platforms for the Mikawa Line on the top level.

The first tracks that were moved to the new facilities were the southbound tracks on the Nagoya Main Line (previously serving platform 6), which were reassigned to platform 8 on the new elevated level on 21 March 2023.{{Cite web |date=14 December 2022 |title=名鉄，名古屋本線 知立駅付近の上り線を3月21日から高架線に切り替え |trans-title=Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line Inbound tracks near Chiryu Station will be switched to elevated line from March 21 |url=https://railf.jp/news/2022/12/14/114500.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}} The northbound Nagoya Main Line tracks are to follow in 2025, the Mikawa Line tracks in 2027, and the entire construction project is to be completed in 2028.

File:MT-Elevation Construction of Chiryū Station 4.jpg|Construction work as of 2020

File:MT-Elevation Construction of Chiryū Station 6.jpg|Overview of the construction site in 2021

File:MT-Chiryū Station-Temporary Overpass.jpg|Temporary facilities seen in 2018

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 33,102 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= https://www.city.chiryu.aichi.jp/ikkrwebBrowse/material/files/group/4/30.chiryu_toukei_9.pdf|script-title=ja:9-2 各駅乗降客数|year= 2019|publisher= Anjo City|location= Japan|language= Japanese|access-date= 5 September 2019}}

• Chiryū Elementary School
• Chiryū Jinja
• Japan National Route 1

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

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• [https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/train/station_info/line01/station/1138.html Official home page] {{in lang|ja}}
• [https://www.meitetsu.co.jp/profile/news/2022/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2022/12/13/22-12-13chiryu_1.pdf?_ga=2.218426457.1128797490.1670992904-799484893.1670992904 Elevated Station press release update (13 December 2022)] {{in lang|ja}}

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