is a railway station in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The station is a concentrated terminal operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), and Nagoya Municipal Subway, and is the main access terminal to Chà «bu Centrair International Airport.
Meitetsu Kanayama station is the oldest of the three stations that make up Kanayama Station, having been operating since 1 September 1944. Originally it was known as Kanayamabashi Station.
There are three wickets, namely the West Wicket, Central Wicket, and East Wicket. There is also a special wicket that allows transfers between JR and Meitetsu Lines.
There are two island platforms serving four tracks.
JR Central Kanayama Station is one of the stations within Kanayama Station, and the second one to have been opened, on 25 January 1962, after Meitetsu Kanayama. It is a main stop on the Chà «à  Main Line and the Tà Âkaidà  Main Line. On the Tà Âkaidà  Main Line, there is a rapid train known as the Home Liner, and on the Chà «à  Main Line, there is a rapid train known as the Central Liner. There is a special wicket that allows passengers to transfer from JR lines to Meitetsu lines, which is possible because the Meitetsu tracks are within the JR tracks. There is also a staffed ticket office.
Station numbering was introduced to the sections of the Tà Âkaidà  and Chuo Lines operated JR Central in March 2018; Kanayama Station was assigned station number CA66 for the Tà Âkaidà  Line and CF01 for the Chuo Line.
There are two physical platforms for four lines. The two physical platforms straddle the platforms of Meitetsu Kanayama, which are sandwiched in the middle. Platforms 1 and 2 are for the Chà «à  Line, with Platform 1 serving trains bound for Tajimi Station and Platform 2 serving trains bound for Nagoya Station. Platforms 3 and 4 are for the Tà Âkaidà  Line, with Platform 3 serving trains bound for Toyohashi Station and Platform 4 serving trains bound for Nagoya Station.
The station is completely accessible inside the gates for passengers with disabilities.
The subway portion of Kanayama Station opened on 30 March 1967 as a stop on the Meijà  Line and Meikà  Line.
There are four platforms. Platforms 3 and 4, on one physical platform, both serve trains bound for Sakae Station and à Âzone Station. The other physical platform has trains bound for Nagoyakà  Station on Platform 2 and trains bound for Aratama-bashi Station on Platform 1.