is an interchange railway station in the city of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is also used by the à Âigawa Railway.
Kanaya Station is served by the Tà Âkaidà  Main Line, and is located 212.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also a terminus of the à Âigawa RailwayâÂÂs à Âigawa Main Line and is 39.5 kilometers form the opposing terminus at Senzu Station.
JR Kanaya Station has a two opposing side platforms serving Track 1 and Track 2 which are on headshunts, allowing for tracks for express trains to pass in between. The platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.
The adjacent à Âigawa Kanaya Station has a single side platform. The platform is equipped with Selective Door Operation, as trains longer than four cars in length are too long for the platform. The station originally was built with a terminal headshunt, which is no longer in existence.
Kanaya Station was opened on May 16, 1890, a year after when the section of the Tà Âkaidà  Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. The à Âigawa Railway service began on June 10, 1927. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.
Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tà Âkaidà  Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kanaya Station was assigned station number CA25.
In fiscal 2017, the JR portion station was used by an average of 2,019 passengers daily and the à Âigawa Railway portion by 277 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).