{{Short description|Japanese railway station}} {{good article}} {{Infobox station | name = {{JRCSN|CA|68|50}} {{JRCSN|CF|00|50}} {{JRCSN|CJ|00|50}} {{NGSN|H|08|50}} {{NGSN|S|02|50}}<br>Nagoya Station | native_name = 名古屋駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = | image = View_of_Nagoya_Station,_Tsubaki-cho_Nakamura_Ward_Nagoya_2022.jpg | alt = A station building with a bullet train stopping by | caption = The station building in 2022 | other_name = | address = 1-4, Meieki 1-chōme, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya | borough = Aichi Prefecture | country = Japan | coordinates = {{coord|35|10|14.78|N|136|52|53.77|E|region:JP_type:railwaystation|display=title;inline}} | operator = {{Plainlist| * {{ric|JR Central|name=y}} * {{ric|Nagoya Municipal Subway|name=y}} * 20px Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit }} | line = {{Plainlist| * {{ric|JR Central|ts|name=y}} * {{ric|JR Central|Tokaido|name=y}} * {{ric|JR Central|Chuo Main|name=y}} * {{ric|JR Central|Kansai|name=y}} * {{ric|Nagoya Municipal Subway|h|name=y}} * {{ric|Nagoya Municipal Subway|s|name=y}} * 20px Aonami Line }} | distance = | platforms = | tracks = | connections = {{Plainlist| * {{STN|Meitetsu Nagoya|x}} (Nagoya Main Line) * {{STN|Kintetsu Nagoya|x}} (Nagoya Line) }} | structure = | code = | opened = {{start date and age|1886|05|01|df=y}} | closed = | former = | passengers = {{plainlist| *397,411 daily (JR Central)<ref name="ridership jr central 2023">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |year=2024 |title=移動等円滑化取組報告書（鉄道駅） |url=https://company.jr-central.co.jp/others/barrier-free/_pdf/2023-02.pdf |publisher=JR Central |language=ja |access-date=14 March 2025 |archive-date=23 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323011200/https://company.jr-central.co.jp/others/barrier-free/_pdf/2023-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *359,960 daily (Subway)<ref name="ridership nagoya subway 2023">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |year=2024 |title=移動等円滑化取組報告書（鉄道駅） |url=https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/BARRIERFR/TRP0003866/%E7%A7%BB%E5%8B%95%E7%AD%89%E5%86%86%E6%BB%91%E5%8C%96%E5%8F%96%E7%B5%84%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A%E6%9B%B8%EF%BC%88%E5%9C%B0%E4%B8%8B%E9%89%84%EF%BC%89.pdf |publisher=Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya |language=ja |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> *34,600 daily (Aonami Line)<ref name="ridership aonami 2023">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |year=2024 |title=移動等円滑化取組報告書（鉄道駅） |url=https://www.aonamiline.co.jp/pc/pdf/plans/idoenkatu2023sta.pdf |publisher=Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit |language=ja |access-date=14 March 2025 |archive-date=12 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312120426/https://www.aonamiline.co.jp/pc/pdf/plans/idoenkatu2023sta.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>}} | pass_year = FY 2023 | map_type = Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan | map_dot_label = Nagoya Station | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR Central|line=ts |note-mid1={{SLL|''''{{black|Nozomi}}''''|#FFFF00}}|left1=Kyōto|right1=Shin-Yokohama |note-mid2={{SLL|''''{{white|Hikari}}''''|#FF0000}}|left2=Gifu-Hashima|right2=Toyohashi |note-mid3={{SLL|''''{{white|Kodama}}''''|#1E90FF}}|left3=Gifu-Hashima|right3=Mikawa-Anjō |line4=Tokaido|left4=Owari-Ichinomiya|right4=Kanayama|note-mid4={{SLL|Special Rapid|c=Yellow}}{{SLL|New Rapid|c=Red}}{{SLL|Rapid|c=Blue}}{{SLL|Semi Rapid|c=Limegreen}}|note-left4={{JRCSN|CA|72}}|note-right4={{JRCSN|CA|66}} |line5=Tokaido|left5=Biwajima|right5=Otobashi|note-mid5={{SLL|Local|c=Gray}}|note-left5={{JRCSN|CA|69}}|note-right5={{JRCSN|CA|67}} |line6=Chuo|right6=Kanayama|note-mid6={{SLL|''Home liner''|c=red}}{{SLL|''Shinano''|c=red}}{{SLL|Rapid|c=Blue}}{{SLL|Semi Rapid|c=Limegreen}}{{SLL|Local|c=Gray}}|note-right6={{JRCSN|CF|01}} |line7=Kansai|right7=Kuwana|note-mid7={{SLL|''Nanki''|c=red}}{{SLL|''Mie''|c=orange}}{{SLL|Rapid|c=Blue}}|note-right7={{JRCSN|CJ|07}} |line8=Kansai|right8=Hatta|note-mid8={{SLL|Semi Rapid|c=Limegreen}}{{SLL|Local|c=Gray}}|note-right8={{JRCSN|CJ|01}} |services_collapsible=yes }} | services_collapsible = yes }} thumb|Nagoya Station at dusk {{nihongo|'''Nagoya Station'''|名古屋駅|Nagoya-eki}} is a terminal railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It formerly held the world record for the largest train station by floor area (410,000 m<sup>2</sup>), including JR Central Towers atop the station. The station services the {{Nihongo|Meieki|名駅}} area in the Japanese addressing system, the commercial center of Nagoya. The station is adjacent to the Meitetsu Nagoya Station, the terminal of Meitetsu; and the Kintetsu Nagoya Station, the terminal of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. It is assigned station numbers CA68, CF00, and CJ00 for the JR Central lines, H08 and S02 for the Nagoya Municipal Subway (NMS) lines, and AN01 for the Aonami Line.

Nagoya Station was initially opened on 1 May 1886, as a station on an unnamed branch line extending south from the Tokyo-Osaka railway, which was originally planned to take the inland Nakasendō route. After the route of the railway line was revised to take the Tōkaidō route, the station became part of the Tōkaidō Main Line. Since its opening, the station building has been reconstructed multiple times, most recently in 1999. The NMS first connected the station to their network in 1957. The Aonami Line began carrying passengers in 2006, after serving as a freight-only line. Construction works are underway to convert the station into the western terminus of the first section of the Chūō Shinkansen, by building two underground platforms.

JR Central operates the station. The JR Central station has six island platforms on the eastern side, and two more on the western side. The stations on the NMS lines have two island platforms, each for their respective served lines. The separate station for the Aonami Line has a single island platform for the line.

Four limited express trains (''Shinano'', ''Nanki'', ''Hida'', ''Shirasagi'') and an additional named rapid service, ''Mie'', serve the station. The station is connected to a bus terminal operated by the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau.

==Location and lines== The station is located in Meieki area of Nagoya, popular among tourists visiting Aichi Prefecture.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2025 |title=訪日客の愛知訪問先、「名駅」周辺が61.8%で最多…国別トップは韓国25.6% |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/20250422-OYT1T50161/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616134742/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/20250422-OYT1T50161/ |archive-date=16 June 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Yomiuri Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref> The area's name is officially recognized in the Japanese addressing system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=郵便番号 4530002 の検索結果 - 日本郵便 |url=https://www.post.japanpost.jp/cgi-zip/zipcode.php?zip=4530002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123031403/https://www.post.japanpost.jp/cgi-zip/zipcode.php?zip=4530002 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=www.post.japanpost.jp |language=ja}}</ref> In the area, major redevelopments led by Meitetsu have been taking place.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2025 |title=名鉄が社運をかける「名駅エリア再開発計画」再始動へ 南北400mを一新、2棟の高層ビルが中核に |url=https://www.nagoyatv.com/news/?id=029366 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404163310/https://www.nagoyatv.com/news/?id=029366 |archive-date=4 April 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Nagoya Broadcasting Network |language=ja}}</ref> Meieki has been competing over the position of the commercial center of Nagoya against Sakae and Kanayama.<ref name=":2" />

The JR Central-owned station is served by the Tokaido Shinkansen, the Tōkaidō Main Line, the Chūō Main Line, and the Kansai Main Line.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=名古屋駅｜JR東海 |url=https://railway.jr-central.co.jp/station-guide/shinkansen/nagoya/map.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616134743/https://railway.jr-central.co.jp/station-guide/shinkansen/nagoya/map.html |archive-date=16 June 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=railway.jr-central.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref> Semi-rapid services to Taketoyo Station via Taketoyo Line depart from the station during the evening, and operate on the Tokaido Main Line all day. Limited express services, such as the ''Hida'' and ''Nanki,'' provide service to the Takayama Main Line and the Kisei Main Line, while ''Shirasagi'' and ''Shinano'' limited express services run on the Tōkaidō and Chūō Lines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=名古屋駅｜ＪＲ東海 |url=https://railway.jr-central.co.jp/station-guide/shinkansen/nagoya/jikoku.html |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=railway.jr-central.co.jp}}</ref>

The station is also served by the Aonami Line operated by the third-sector Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit on a separate platform.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AN01-名古屋駅 {{!}} あおなみ線 |url=https://www.aonamiline.co.jp/train/an01-nagoya |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616134750/https://www.aonamiline.co.jp/train/an01-nagoya |archive-date=16 June 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=www.aonamiline.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref> Nagoya Municipal Subway operates an underground station with the same name, and is served by the Higashiyama Line and Sakura-dōri Line.<ref>{{Cite web |title=駅の情報 {{!}} 地下鉄 {{!}} 名古屋市交通局 |url=https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/subway/station.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616134747/https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/subway/station.html |archive-date=16 June 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp |language=ja}}</ref>

==History==

=== Background === The Japanese government initially intended to build a trunk line connecting Tokyo and Osaka with a route that goes through central Chūbu region, which was named the Nakasendo route.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2022 |title=名古屋の鉄道136年史（明治時代2）中山道鉄道。 {{!}} 稲見駅長の鉄道だよ人生は!! {{!}} 稲見眞一 {{!}} 中京テレビ |url=https://www.ctv.co.jp/tekken4/article/exp6h85b9i0zdnb9.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616140823/https://www.ctv.co.jp/tekken4/article/exp6h85b9i0zdnb9.html |archive-date=16 June 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Chukyo TV}}</ref> The seaside Tōkaidō route was avoided at first by Japanese officials, due to concerns of vulnerability to foreign naval gunfire in case of wars.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=16}} In the plan, a branch line would be constructed between Gifu Station and Taketoyo Station to transport materials for the main line, and Nagoya would've been serviced by only the branch line. The Nakasendo line from Gifu would've continued east instead of heading southeast towards Nagoya, linking Tajimi, Ena, Shiojiri, Matsumoto, Ueda, Takasaki, and Tokyo.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=16}} The city of Nagoya opposed the plan, as they considered the plan would hinder their progress to modernize the city.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> After the construction and commencement of operations on the Taketoyo Line in 1886, the mayor of Nagoya convinced Inoue Masaru, the first Director of Railways, to change his mind.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=3 August 2021 |title=都市再開発特集：笹島で開業から135年 名古屋駅の歩みと町並みの移り変わり |url=https://www.chukei-news.co.jp/crosscourttower_9th/vol2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616140823/https://www.chukei-news.co.jp/crosscourttower_9th/vol2/ |archive-date=16 June 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Chūbu Keizai Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2 May 2021 |title=｢期待なし｣が巨大ビルへ､名古屋駅の大発展史 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/425972 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423145838/https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/425972 |archive-date=23 April 2025 |access-date=3 October 2025 |website=Toyo Keizai |language=ja}}</ref>

=== Post–construction === right|thumb|The station in its first year Nagoya Station first opened on 1 May 1886. During the station's first year, the station was named differently with the name "名護屋 ({{Literal translation|Nagoya}})".{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|pp=26-29}} On 19 July 1886, the government officially announced that the route of the Tokyo-Osaka railway wouls be changed to the Tōkaidō route. Nagoya Station was incorporated as a part of the Tōkaidō Main Line{{Efn|The line was not officially named until 1 April 1895.{{sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=32}}}} as a result. The station was surrounded by rice farms when it opened.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|pp=26-29}} The first station building was located 200 meters to the south of the current position, near the current Sasashima-raibu Station.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=33}} The station building was wooden, with two side platforms and two tracks. The first station building collapsed from the 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake, with the second station building being constructed a year later. The second station was also wooden, but was twice as large.<ref name=":3" />{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=33}} The station was connected with the modern-day Kansai Main Line{{Efn|The Kansai Main Line was officially named in 1909{{sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=41}}}} when the Kansai Railways extended the line to the station on 24 May 1895. Kansai Railway is later nationalized in 1909.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=41}} The Chūō Main Line reached the station from Tajimi on 25 July 1900, which added a new track to the station.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=36}} After Kansai Railway's nationalization, two tracks and a platform were newly constructed to the west of the Tōkaidō Main Line platforms in 1913.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=60}} The station saw an increase in both passenger and freight resulting from the completion of the Chūō Main Line and the duplication of the Tōkaidō Main Line, along with service on the modern route via Atami commencing on 1 December 1934. These events made the operation of the station too complex.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=60}} As the expansion of the station was unfeasible in its original location, plans arose to relocate the station north, locating the new terminal of Meitetsu and the modern-day Kintetsu Railway near the relocated station.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=62}} The construction of the third station building and the elevation of nearby tracks by viaducts began in August 1934, and opened on 1 February 1937.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|pp=66-69}} The freight operation in the station was also completely relegated to the now-defunct {{Interlanguage link|Sasashima Station|ja|笹島駅}} opened at the same time.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|pp=66-69}} The third station building, made of reinforced concrete, had seven floors, one of which was located underground.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> The Kansai Rapid Electric Railway, the predecessor of Kintetsu, opened what is now the Kintetsu Nagoya Station on 26 June 1938. The station was located underground, adjacent to the Nagoya Station.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=81, 86}} The underground Meitetsu Nagoya Station was opened on 12 August 1941, by the Meitetsu, partially using the vacant space left following the relocation of Nagoya Station.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=81, 86}}

=== Post–war === right|thumb|The third station building on fire. The third station building caught fire and was almost completely destroyed by the bombing of Nagoya during the Pacific War, although it was later repaired and remained in use until 1943.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> After the Surrender of Japan, the Allied occupation forces occupied a large part of the station, such as the waiting room, and restricted access to it, establishing a Railway Transportation Office (RTO) on 30 September 1945.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|pp=103-106}} Around this period, orphaned children and other homeless survivors of the war found shelter in the station. The station came under the operation of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) upon its establishment on 1 June 1949. The occupation of the station and the rolling stock ended upon the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|pp=103-106}} The Nagoya Municipal Subway, which had been planned since May 1936, opened the first section of the Higashiyama Line between the station and Sakae on 15 November 1957, after many route revisions.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=149}} The station was incorporated into the Tokaido Shinkansen upon its opening on 1 October 1964.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=164}} From 1964 to 1972, its platforms were extended, and new railway lines were built to better facilitate the operation of trains.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=184}} The operator of the station changed to the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in 1987, when the JNR was privatized and split.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=211}}

Controversies arose when the station was skipped by one of the ''Nozomi'' services until 1997, when it was incorporated into the Tokaido Shinkansen.<ref name=":0" />{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|pp=218-219}} The third station building was replaced with the JR Central Towers, which opened on 4 December 1999. For the construction of the JR Central Towers, the platforms numbered 0 and 1 were put out of use, later being replaced by the new platforms numbered 1 and 2.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|pp=218-219}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2018-04-21 |title=昔は構内に浴場も！｢名古屋駅｣大変貌の歴史 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/217446 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327194953/https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/217446 |archive-date=27 March 2025 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Toyo Keizai |language=ja}}</ref> On 6 October 2004, the West Nagoya freight branch was converted into the passenger-only Aonami Line, which terminates at the station.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 October 2022 |title=名古屋に「あおなみ線」が開業した日 貨物線を転換「延伸計画」も?-2004.10.6 |url=https://trafficnews.jp/post/122250 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205223402/https://trafficnews.jp/post/122250 |archive-date=5 December 2024 |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=Traffic News |language=ja}}</ref> Station numbering was introduced to the sections of the Chuo, Kansai, and Tōkaidō Main Lines operated JR Central in March 2018; Nagoya Station was assigned station number CF00 for the Chuo Line, CJ00 for the Kansai Main Line, and CA68 for the Tōkaidō Main Line.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 December 2017 |title=在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します |trans-title=Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations |url=https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118061935/https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=jr-central.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2017 |title=JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入 |trans-title=JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines |url=https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052707/https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}</ref> As of 2025, the Nagoya Station is served by the Aonami Line is assigned station number AN01.<ref name=":5" /> The Nagoya Municipal Subway station is assigned H08 and S02, each for the Higashiyama Line and the Sakura-dōri Line.<ref>{{Cite web |title=路線図 {{!}} 地下鉄 {{!}} 名古屋市交通局 |url=https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/subway/routemap.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922155725/https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/subway/routemap.html |archive-date=22 September 2025 |access-date=9 October 2025 |website=www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp}}</ref>

Nagoya Station is planned to be the Chūō Shinkansen's western terminus, with construction underway since 17 December 2014.{{Sfn|Tokuda|2016|p=221}} The line's two island platforms and four tracks will be located 30 to 40 meters underground.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2022 |title=名古屋駅の地下深くへ､進む｢リニア駅｣巨大工事 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/584062 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429204129/https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/584062 |archive-date=29 April 2025 |access-date=6 October 2025 |website=Toyo Keizai |language=ja}}</ref>

==Station layout== ===JR Central=== The six island platforms of the Tōkaidō Main Line, Chuo Line, and Kansai Line are situated in the eastern part of the station (the side where JR Central Towers are located) and serve 12 tracks. Two island platforms for the Tokaido Shinkansen are located in the western part and serve four tracks.<ref name=":1" /> To allow for construction of the Chūō Shinkansen, platform 2 was temporarily closed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 December 2017 |title=JR東海：名古屋駅在来線2番線ホームを一時使用停止 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20171216/k00/00e/040/244000c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617044159/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20171216/k00/00e/040/244000c |archive-date=17 June 2025 |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=Mainichi Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref> It has since returned to use, with platform 1's operations being suspended instead. The latter is currently used for events on occasions. The Tebasaki chain Sekai No Yamachan operated a store on platform 1 for two months, in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2025 |title=JR名古屋駅１番線企画 2025年夏『かき氷＆ひんやりスイーツフェア』開催について |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000023.000108483.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617044159/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000023.000108483.html |archive-date=17 June 2025 |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=PR TIMES |language=ja-JP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2023 |title=JR名古屋駅1番線に世界の山ちゃん 手羽先と飲むビールは「一番線」だけに…：中日新聞Web |url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/759367 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617044159/https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/759367 |archive-date=17 June 2025 |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=Chunichi Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref> Platforms 1 to 10 have Kishimen stands, all operated by Japan Travel Service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=店舗情報 {{!}} ジャパン・トラベル・サーヴィス |url=https://jt-s.net/shoplist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617044159/https://jt-s.net/shoplist/ |archive-date=2025-06-17 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=jt-s.net |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ギンギラギンな超大物歌手、さりげなく名駅の立ち食いきしめん店に出没「名古屋駅を分かってらっしゃる！」「上手い、安い、早いですよね」（西スポWEB OTTO！） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/798222d8a080306db5efb9dfdf0eb52cf5264699 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617044159/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/798222d8a080306db5efb9dfdf0eb52cf5264699 |archive-date=17 June 2025 |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=Yahoo News |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=名古屋駅で立ち食いグルメ！ワンコインで堪能できる絶品えび天＆油揚げきしめん【名古屋市】（しゃちほこニュース） - エキスパート |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/c02e89af39c1396286244814825be019f16282ed |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=Yahoo News |language=ja}}</ref>

The JR Central Towers, which were completed in 1999 and opened in May 2000, serve as the main station building. JR Central spent approximately 200,000 million yen for the construction works. The buildings consist of twin towers with 51 and 53 floors, respectively. With a floor area of 420,000 square metres, it was once listed as the largest station building in the world by the Guinness World Records in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2020 |title=再開発続く名駅周辺 JRタワーズが招いた高層ビル群 |trans-title=The area around Nagoya Station, where redevelopment is ongoing, is surrounded by high-rise buildings brought about by JR Towers |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO56128570X20C20A2L91000/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329014744/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO56128570X20C20A2L91000/ |archive-date=29 March 2020 |access-date=19 June 2025 |website=The Nikkei |language=ja}}</ref> However, the station no longer holds this record, with the "largest station building" record itself being abolished.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=26 June 2017 |title=JR名古屋駅の｢進化｣は東京･大阪駅を超えた |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/177718 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127133617/https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/177718 |archive-date=27 November 2024 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Toyo Keizai |language=ja}}</ref>

{{ja-rail-line|first=2|pfn=1/2|linecol=#f57615|linename=Tōkaidō Main Line|dir=for {{STN|Toyohashi|x}} and {{STN|Taketoyo|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=3/4|linecol=#f57615|nolinkindex=Tōkaidō Main Line|dir=for Toyohashi and Taketoyo<br />(through trains to the Taketoyo Line and ''Home Liner'')<br />for Gifu and Ōgaki (''Home Liner'')}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=4|linecol=#f57615|nolinkindex=Tōkaidō Main Line|dir=''Shirasagi'' limited express for {{STN|Tsuruga|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=5/6|linecol=#f57615|linename=Tōkaidō Main Line|dir=for {{STN|Gifu|x}} and {{STN|Ōgaki|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=7/8|linecol=#3b6c9c|linename=Chūō Main Line|dir=for {{STN|Tajimi|x}} and {{STN|Nakatsugawa|x}} (local and rapid trains)}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=10|linecol=#3b6c9c|linename=Chūō Main Line|dir=for Tajimi and Nakatsugawa (''Central Liner'', ''Home Liner'')<br />''Shinano'' limited express for {{STN|Matsumoto|x}} and {{STN|Nagano|x}}}} {{ja-rail-linem|pfn=11|span=3|linecol=#f57615|nolinkindex=Tōkaidō Main Line|dir=''Hida'' limited express for {{STN|Gero|x}}, {{STN|Takayama|x}} and {{STN|Toyama|x}}}} {{ja-rail-linem|linecol=#3b6c9c|nolinkindex=Chūō Main Line|dir=for Tajimi and Nakatsugawa (some trains)}} {{ja-rail-linem|linecol=#3dbc87|nolinkindex=Kansai Main Line|dir=for Kuwana, Yokkaichi and Kameyama (some local trains)}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=12|linecol=#3dbc87|linename=Kansai Main Line|dir=for {{STN|Kuwana|x}}, {{STN|Yokkaichi|x}} and {{STN|Kameyama|x|Mie}}<br />''Nanki'' limited express for {{STN|Matsusaka|x}}, {{STN|Shingū|x}} and {{STN|Kii-Katsuura|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=13|linecol=#3dbc87|linename=Kansai Main Line|dir=for Kuwana, Yokkaichi and Kameyama<br />rapid ''Mie'' for Matsusaka, {{STN|Iseshi|x}} and {{STN|Toba|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=14/15|linecol=mediumblue|linename=Tōkaidō Shinkansen|dir=for {{STN|Shizuoka|x}} and {{STN|Tokyo|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|first=3|pfn=16/17|linecol=mediumblue|linename=Tōkaidō Shinkansen|dir=for {{STN|Shin-Osaka|x}} and {{STN|Hakata|x}}}}

===Aonami Line=== thumb|The station platform viewed from the Midland Square, a nearby skyscraper The northern terminus of the Aonami Line is situated to the west of the JR Central Lines, adjacent to the Sasashima-raibu Station. The elevated station has an island platform serving two tracks with platform gates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AN01 {{!}} あおなみ線 |url=https://www.aonamiline.co.jp/train/an01-nagoya |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250903120032/https://www.aonamiline.co.jp/train/an01-nagoya |archive-date=3 September 2025 |access-date=8 October 2025 |language=ja}}</ref> {{ja-rail-line|first=4|pfn=1/2|linecol=#334fa0|linename=Aonami Line|dir=for {{STN|Arako|x}} and {{STN|Kinjō-futō|x}}}}

===Nagoya Municipal Subway=== thumb|The Higashiyama Line platform of the station in 2017 An island platform for the Sakura-dori Line serving two tracks extends east to west under the central concourse of JR Nagoya Station. The platform is fenced with platform gates. An island platform for the Higashiyama Line serving two tracks is located south to north under underground city Meieki Chikagai (Meichika), in the east of JR Nagoya Station. The southern part of the platform is used by the trains for Fujigaoka, and the northern one by trains for Takabata.<ref>{{Cite web |title=駅構内図 {{!}} -- {{!}} 各駅情報 {{!}} 地下鉄 {{!}} 名古屋市交通局 |url=https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/subway/station_campus.html?name=%E5%90%8D%E5%8F%A4%E5%B1%8B |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200620120653/https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/subway/station_campus.html?name=%E5%90%8D%E5%8F%A4%E5%B1%8B |archive-date=20 June 2020 |access-date=8 October 2025 |website=www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp}}</ref>{{jpfm|first=2|pfn=1|symbol={{rcb|Nagoya Municipal Subway|H|box}}|name=Higashiyama Line|dir=for {{STN|Sakae|x|Aichi}}, {{STN|Higashiyama Koen|x|Aichi}}, and {{STN|Fujigaoka|x|Aichi}}}} {{jpfm|pfn=2|symbol={{rcb|Nagoya Municipal Subway|H|box}}|name=Higashiyama Line|dir=for {{STN|Nakamura Koen|x}} and {{STN|Takabata|x}}}} {{jpfm|pfn=3|symbol={{rcb|Nagoya Municipal Subway|S|box}}|name=Sakura-dori Line|dir=for {{STN|Imaike|x|Aichi|Imaike}}, {{STN|Aratamabashi|x}}, {{STN|Nonami|x}}, and {{STN|Tokushige|x}}}} {{jpfm|first=3|pfn=4|symbol={{rcb|Nagoya Municipal Subway|S|box}}|name=Sakura-dori Line|dir=to {{STN|Taiko-dori|x}}}}

== Services ==

=== Passenger service === The JR Central-owned station is directly served by five railway lines, four limited express trains (''Shinano'', ''Nanki'', ''Hida'', ''Shirasagi'') and an additional named rapid service, ''Mie''.<ref name=":1" /> The station is also serviced by multiple ''Home Liner'' trains. As of 2025, services on the Tōkaidō Main Line serve the station from 5:29&nbsp;a.m. to 0:02&nbsp;a.m. The station also services the Tokaido Shinkansen.<ref name=":1" /> All three service types stop on the station, and serve the station from 6:20&nbsp;a.m. to 10:58&nbsp;p.m. The ''Hida'' and ''Nanki'' provides service to the Takayama Main Line and the Kisei Main Line, while ''Shirasagi'' and ''Shinano'' limited express services run on the Tōkaidō and Chūō Lines.<ref name=":1" />

Trains on the Nagoya Municipal Subway service the station from 5:32&nbsp;a.m. to 0:28&nbsp;a.m.<ref>{{Cite web |title=路線別時刻表 {{!}} -- {{!}} 各駅情報 {{!}} 地下鉄 {{!}} 名古屋市交通局 |url=https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/subway/timetable_list.html?name=%E5%90%8D%E5%8F%A4%E5%B1%8B |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426004841/https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/subway/timetable_list.html?name=%E5%90%8D%E5%8F%A4%E5%B1%8B |archive-date=26 April 2025 |access-date=9 October 2025 |website=www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp}}</ref> For the Aonami Line, trains service the station from 5:30&nbsp;a.m. to 11:58&nbsp;p.m., with intervals of 15 to 30 minutes.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=AN01-時刻表 {{!}} あおなみ線 |url=https://www.aonamiline.co.jp/train/an01-nagoya/an01-timetable |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250916094230/https://www.aonamiline.co.jp/train/an01-nagoya/an01-timetable |archive-date=16 September 2025 |access-date=9 October 2025 |language=ja}}</ref>

=== Freight service === The freight-only branch {{Ill|Nagoya-Minato Line|ja|名古屋港線}} used to carry goods such as coal, rice, flour, and wood materials. The line was abolished under the control of Japan Freight Railway Company on 1 April 2024. In the line's last year, just three return trips on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday used the line.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 January 2024 |title=さよなら貨物「名古屋港線」 貨物輸送やナイター列車として活躍 |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/chubu/feature/CO057732/20240117-SYT8T4940468/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126122620/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/chubu/feature/CO057732/20240117-SYT8T4940468/ |archive-date=26 January 2024 |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=Yomiuri Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref>

=== Bus service === The Nagoya City Transportation Bureau operates a bus terminal north of the JR Central Towers, which has 11 boarding spots, serving 22 routes. Outside the bus terminal, two boarding areas for the Nagoya City-operated buses are located in front of the Meitetsu Department Store.<ref>{{Cite web |title=名古屋駅バスターミナルのご案内 |trans-title=Nagoya Station Bus Terminal Information |url=https://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/jp/pc/BUS/TRP0001987.htm |access-date=10 October 2025 |website=www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp}}</ref> The JR Tokai Bus Company also operates highway bus services departing or arriving near the station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=高速バス｜JR東海バス |url=https://www.jrtbinm.co.jp/mainbusroute/http:/www.jrtbinm.co.jp/topics/ |url-status=dead |access-date=10 October 2025 |website=JR東海バス |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=JRハイウェイバスきっぷうりば｜バスのりば｜JR東海バス |url=https://www.jrtbinm.co.jp/highway/busstop/bt_nagoya.html |access-date=10 October 2025 |website=JR東海バス |language=ja}}</ref>

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==References== {{Reflist}}

===Bibliography=== *{{Cite book |last=Tokuda |first=Kouichi |title=名古屋駅物語 明治・大正・昭和・平成～激動の130年 |date=15 April 2016 |publisher=Kotsu Shimbunsha |isbn=978-4-330-66816-1 |language=ja |trans-title=Nagoya Station stories - Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei ~ 130 years of turbulent history}}

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