Shinjohara Station

Shinjohara Station
新所原駅

JR Shijohara Station in 2008
Location 3-4-1 Shinjohara, Kosai-shi, Shizuoka-ken 431-0424
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 282.4 km from Tokyo
Connections Bus terminal
History
Opened 1 December 1936
Traffic
Passengers (FY2006) 3,636 (JR)
558 (Tenryū Hamanako Line) daily
Location
Shinjohara Station
Location within Japan
Tenryū Hamanako Line Shinjohara Station

Shinjohara Station (新所原駅 Shinjohara-eki) is a railway station in Kosai, Shizuoka, Japan, on both the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Tenryū Hamanako Line The station is 282.4 kilometers from Tokyo Station and is a terminal station for the Tenryū Hamanako Line. The station serves both Kosai, and a portion of Toyohashi. The border between Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture bisects the platform of Shinjohara Station.

Lines

Shinjohara Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Tenryū Hamanako Line.

Station layout

The JR Central station has a side platform serving track 1, and an island platform serving tracks 2 and 3, but track 3 is seldom used. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated ticket barriers, and a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

The Tenryū Hamanako Line Station is a terminus with a single side platform serving Track 1. The station building is a two-story structure located to the east of the single-story JR building.

Platforms

1  Tōkaidō Main Line for Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, and Numazu
2・3  Tōkaidō Main Line for Toyohashi, Nagoya, Ogaki, and Maibara
1  Tenryū Hamanako Line for Kakegawa

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōkaidō Main Line
Washizu   Special Rapid   Futagawa
Washizu   New Rapid   Futagawa
Washizu   Local   Futagawa
Tenryū Hamanako Line
Asumomae - Terminus

History

The station opened on December 1, 1936.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

See also

References

  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)
  1. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 24. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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Coordinates: 34°43′24″N 137°29′06″E / 34.7233257°N 137.485013°E / 34.7233257; 137.485013

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