Draft:Tōkaidō Main Line (Nagoya Area)

This is a split from Tokaido Main Line spun out in order to make major expansions without suffering from article size. Technically, JR Central splits the Tokaido Main Line into Atami-Toyohashi and Toyohashi-Maibara. Corresponding with the jawiki article with a similar title, this split will cover the line with focus on the Toyohashi-Maibara section. For this reason, the article will end up covering sections in other prefectures, like Gifu and Shiga.

The Tōkaidō Main Line (Japanese: 東海道本線, romanized: Tōkaidō-honsen) is one of the most important railway corridors in Japan, connecting the major cities of Tokyo and Kobe via Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The line, with termini at Tokyo and Kobe stations, is 589.5 km (366.3 mi) long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tokaido Shinkansen largely parallels the line.

JR Central operates a portion of the line from Maibara Station to Atami Station. The company splits their part of the line into two sections, the Shizuoka area and the Nagoya area. The two sections are separated by Toyohashi Station, and the Nagoya area section ends at Maibara.

The first section of the line in the Nagoya area

The section of the line between Gifu Station and Toyohashi Station faces competition from Meitetsu, a private railway operator. Since the privatization of Japanese National Railways, JR Central has worked to regain passengers.

History

For the history of the entire main line, see Tōkaidō Main Line.

The first section of the main line to be constructed was the section from Atsuta to Taketoyo, which opened on March 1, 1886. This was also the first ever railway to be established in Aichi Prefecture. The line was then connected with the other completed sections of the main line, with the Atsuta-Ōgaki section opened on April 1, 1887, and Ōbu-Hamamatsu on September 1, 1888. The section opened in 1888 led to the branch line continuing to Taketoyo to be split off to the Taketoyo Line. With the completion of the section between Sekigahara and Ōtsu on July 1, 1889, the Tokaido Main Line was completed, and Shimbashi was connected with Kōbe in a single line.

Station history

Since the opening of the line, additional infill stations were opened, and stations were relocated.

Stations list

Main Line

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Rapid Services				Home Liner	Transfers	Location
			Between Stations	Total (From Tokyo)	Semi Rapid	Rapid	New Rapid	Special Rapid
CA42	Toyohashi	豊橋	6.9	293.6	●	●	●	●	●	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Iida Line  NH  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line Toyohashi Railroad Atsumi Line (Shin-Toyohashi), Toyohashi Railroad Azumada Main Line (Ekimae)	Toyohashi	Aichi
CA43	Nishi-Kozakai	西小坂井	4.8	298.4	●	｜	｜	｜	｜		Toyokawa
CA44	Aichi-Mito	愛知御津	3.7	302.1	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
CA45	Mikawa-Ōtsuka	三河大塚	3.1	305.2	●	｜	｜	｜	｜		Gamagori
CA46	Mikawa-Miya	三河三谷	3.1	308.3	●	▲	▲	｜	｜
CA47	Gamagōri	蒲郡	2.3	310.6	●	●	●	●	●	GN  Meitetsu Gamagōri Line
CA48	Mikawa-Shiotsu	三河塩津	2.3	312.9	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	GN  Meitetsu Gamagōri Line (Gamagōri-Kyōteijō-Mae)
CA49	Sangane	三ヶ根	2.6	315.5	●	｜	｜	｜	｜		Kōta, Nukata District
CA50	Kōda	幸田	3.0	318.5	●	▲	▲	｜	｜
CA51	Aimi	相見	3.1	321.6	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
CA52	Okazaki	岡崎	7.4	325.9	●	●	●	●	●	■ Aichi Loop Line	Okazaki
CA53	Nishi-Okazaki	西岡崎	4.2	330.1	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
CA54	Anjō	安城	3.6	333.7	●	●	●	●	●		Anjō
CA55	Mikawa-Anjō	三河安城	2.6	336.3	●	●	｜	｜	｜	Tōkaidō Shinkansen
CA56	Higashi-Kariya	東刈谷	1.8	338.1	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Kariya
CA57	Noda-Shinmachi	野田新町	1.6	339.7	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
CA58	Kariya	刈谷	1.9	341.6	●	●	●	●	●	MU  Meitetsu Mikawa Line
CA59	Aizuma	逢妻	1.9	343.5	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
CA60	Ōbu	大府	3.0	346.5	●	●	●	｜	●	Taketoyo Line	Ōbu
CA61	Kyōwa	共和	3.0	349.5	●	●	｜	｜	｜
CA62	Minami-Ōdaka	南大高	2.3	351.8	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Midori-ku, Nagoya
CA63	Ōdaka	大高	1.8	353.6	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
CA64	Kasadera	笠寺	3.2	356.8	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Minami-ku, Nagoya
CA65	Atsuta	熱田	4.0	360.8	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Atsuta-ku, Nagoya
CA66	Kanayama	金山	1.9	362.7	●	●	●	●	●	Chūō Main Line  NH  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line Nagoya Municipal Subway: Meijō Line (M01) Meikō Line (E01)	Naka-ku, Nagoya
CA67	Otōbashi	尾頭橋	0.9	363.6	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya
CA68	Nagoya	名古屋	2.4	366.0	●	●	●	●	●	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Kansai Main Line Chūō Main Line  E  Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu-Nagoya)  NH  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line (Meitetsu-Nagoya) Nagoya Municipal Subway: Higashiyama Line (H08) Sakura-dōri Line (S02)  AN  Aonami Line (AN01)	Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
CA69	Biwajima	枇杷島	4.0	370.0	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	■ Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line	Kiyosu
CA70	Kiyosu	清洲	3.8	373.8	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Inazawa
CA71	Inazawa	稲沢	3.3	377.1	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
CA72	Owari-Ichinomiya	尾張一宮	6.0	383.1	●	●	●	●	●	NH  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line,  BS  Meitetsu Bisai Line (Meitetsu-Ichinomiya)	Ichinomiya
CA73	Kisogawa	木曽川	3.5	388.6	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
CA74	Gifu	岐阜	7.7	396.3	●	●	●	●	●	Takayama Main Line  NH  Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line,  KG  Meitetsu Kagamihara Line (Meitetsu Gifu)	Gifu	Gifu
CA75	Nishi-Gifu	西岐阜	3.2	399.5	●	●	●	●	｜
CA76	Hozumi	穂積	1.0	400.5	●	●	●	●	●		Mizuho
CA77	Ōgaki	大垣	9.5	410.0	●	●	●	●	●	Tōkaidō Main Line (Mino-Akasaka, Shin-Tarui branch lines) ■ Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line ■ Tarumi Railway Tarumi Line	Ōgaki
CA78	Tarui	垂井	8.1	418.1	●	●	●	●	●		Tarui, Fuwa District
CA79	Sekigahara	関ヶ原	5.7	423.8	●	●	●	●	●	Tōkaidō Main Line (Shin-Tarui branch line)	Sekigahara, Fuwa District
CA80	Kashiwabara	柏原	7.1	430.9	●	●	●	●			Maibara	Shiga
CA81	Ōmi-Nagaoka	近江長岡	4.3	435.2	●	●	●	●
CA82	Samegai	醒ヶ井	4.6	439.8	●	●	●	●
CA83	Maibara *	米原	6.1	445.9	●	●	●	●		Tōkaidō Shinkansen Hokuriku Main Line Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) ■ Ohmi Railway Main Line

Mino-Akasaka Branch Line

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
		Between Stations	Total (from Ōgaki)
Ōgaki	大垣	-	0.0	Tōkaidō Main Line	Ōgaki	Gifu
Arao	荒尾	3.4	3.4
Mino-Akasaka	美濃赤坂	1.6	5.0

Tarui and Shin-Tarui Branch line

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
		Between Stations	Total (from Ōgaki)
Ōgaki	大垣	-	0.0	Tōkaidō Main Line	Ōgaki	Gifu
Tarui	垂井	8.1	8.1		Tarui, Fuwa District
Sekigahara	関ヶ原	5.7	13.8	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line	Sekigahara