Shinjohara Station

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Shinjohara Station
新所原駅
File:Shinjobara-eki-2.jpg
JR Shijohara Station in 2008
Location 3-4-1 Shinjohara, Kosai, Shizuoka
(静岡県湖西市新所原三丁目4-1)
Japan
Operated by <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Line(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Connections <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1936
Traffic
Passengers (FY2006) 3,636 (JR)
558 (Tenryū Hamanako Line) daily
File:Shinjobara-eki-1.jpg
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 rail kilometers from Tokyo and is a terminal station for the Tenryū Hamanako Line. The station serves both Kosai, and a portion of Toyohashi city. 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 Railroad 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 an overpass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a manned "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.

The Tenryū Hamanako Line Station is a terminal station and has 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

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On September 1, 1888 the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Hamamatsu Station with Ōbu Station was completed, and a signal box was established at the site of present-day Shinjohara Station on February 13, 1936. With the establishment of the Futamata Line (the future Tenryū Hamanako Line), a station was established on December 1, 1936 for both passenger and freight services. Freight service was discontinued on April 26, 1971.

References

  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(Japanese)

External links

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.